Gujarat: 2 kids get locked in sliding closet, suffocate to death

Two children died of suffocation after accidentally getting locked in a closet in a house in Bokarwa in Gujarat's Mehsana district, police said on Sunday.

Harshil Patel (10) and Sohan Patel (9) got locked in sliding closet while playing on Friday afteron and died by time relatives could find out where y were stuck, a Visnagar taluka police station official said.

" house where incident took place is in a remote part of vill and was empty when children got in, so ir cries of help could t be heard by relatives who were looking for m or or passersby," he said.

After several hours of search, children were found de in closet in evening, after which a case of accidental death was registered, he ded.