P. Nisha (30) and her son P. Lokesh (8) died when their house was engulfed in thick smoke caused by electrical short circuit on Wednesday.
Following differences with her husband, she was staying with her son in a rented apartment at Solinganallur near Rettai Vaikkal coming under Somarasampet police station limits. Locals noticed smoke emanating from the first floor of the apartment at around 4 a.m. and alerted the police. A team that was on night rounds near the Rettai Vaikkal area rushed to the spot and broke open the door.
The team found the woman and her son dead. Consumer articles were found charred. Police say that the electrical short circuit led to burning of wires and other articles causing heavy smoke inside the room. As the house was bolted from outside, the efforts of the woman to open the door failed. he and her son died due to suffocation. The bodies were shifted to the Mahatma Gandhi Government Hospital here for post mortem.
