A couple who sustained burn injures in a fire apparently from leak in a gas line at Nakhalpara in Tejgaon area of the capital on June 15 died on Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as Abdul Kuddus, 58 and his wife Anisa Begum, 50, of Katlamari village of Fulchhari upazila under Gaibandha district.
Tejgaon Model Police Station Sub-Inspector Salekin Millat Tawfik confirmed the matter and said the bodies were sent to the morgue for autopsy on Wednesday.Md Anisur, son of the couple, said that his parents were burnt in sleep in a fire that broke out from gas line leakage on June 15.
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Later, they were rescued by locals and admitted to Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery where they succumbed to their injuries .
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