Two die after inhaling smoke from charcoal stove in Kodai hotel

Two tourists from Trichy, identified as Anand Prabhu and Jeyakannan, died from suspected asphyxiation in a Kodaikanal hotel. They had cooked barbeque chicken on a charcoal stove and left it burning overnight. Their friends found them unconscious the next morning. Paramedics declared them dead, and an investigation has been initiated by Kodaikanal police.