Two boys, aged four and five, died of suffocation after being stuck in a car for close to 9 hours in Delhi's Ranhola area. The incident was reported on October 3.

The children, cousins by relation, were playing in a car owned by their family, which was parked near their house. At around 1 pm, the owner of the car, a taxi driver, locked the vehicle through central locking, unaware of the children trapped inside it.

Hours later, when the family members realised that the children were missing, they rushed to the police station to file a complaint. As fate would have it, they made this travel in a neighbour's car

Meanwhile, a relative unlocked the car in which the children were stuck and found them in an unconscious state with burn injuries on their bodies.

Police said that boys were then rushed to a hospital, but were declared as 'brought dead. The post-mortem report confirmed that the children died due to suffocation.

(With inputs from PTI)

Delhi: 2 children die of suffocation after family member accidentally locks them in car

The children, cousins by relation, were playing in the car when a family member locked it through central locking, unaware of kids trapped inside.