The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Sundar Nandkishore, 58, of Herstelling Sea Dam who was found in his bed on Friday morning engulfed in flames.
The police said yesterday that Nandkishore was a bedridden diabetic who was also a heavy smoker. His daughter who lives a short distance away said she was sitting on her verandah when she saw and smelt smoke coming from the victim’s house.
She alerted her brother who went to investigate and discovered the victim lying on his bed which was engulfed in flames.
An alarm was raised and neighbours formed a bucket brigade and extinguished the fire. Emergency Medical Technicians were summoned and the victim was pronounced dead on the scene.
