Srinagar: A minor boy who along with his mother and five other siblings was injured in a gas cylinder blast last month succumbed to his injuries at AIIMS New Delhi, reports sources said on Tuesday.
The 6-year-old Ubaid Ahmed son of Mohammad Shafi Chalkoo was shifted along with other sibling from SKIMS Soura to AIIMS for advanced treatment couple of days back.
With his death, the family has lost five of its members. Ubaid’s mother— Parveena Akhtar and another sister— Shaishta Bano (14)— lost battle for life on Sunday morning at SKIMS, the valley’s only tertiary care hospital.
The seven family members were injured in the gas cylinder explosion at their residence in Uri in the north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on May 27.
On Monday, Ubaid’s two more sisters—Saima Bano (18) and Sabeena Bano (16)—died of the injuries at SKIMS Soura.
On Thursday last, Governor Satya Pal Malik expressed grief over the tragic deaths due to the gas cylinder blast.
“On the directions of Governor, Deputy Commissioner Baramulla has given an ex-gratia relief of Rs. 8 lakh to the Head of the family and Rs. 50,000 in cash for the medical treatment of those injured,” read an official statement issued on June 6.
Further, it said, on Governor’s directions, Baseer Ahmed Khan, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir sponsored two injured children of the family for free treatment at the AIIMS, New Delhi, with free air tickets from Srinagar to Delhi for them and their attendants and two critical care ambulances have been arranged for safe shifting of patients in Srinagar and Delhi.
