BENGALURU, Jan. 12 -- A 40-year-old Nepalese worker died and six others fell seriously ill after inhaling carbon monoxide fumes from a charcoal barbecue grill inside a house in Dharwad district, police said on Sunday.

The incident occurred on Friday night at a rented house in Sai Darshini Layout, where a group of Nepalese nationals working at a fast-food outlet were staying. The deceased was identified as Bibek Paudel, a resident of Nepal who was employed at an eatery located behind the Karnataka Milk Federation complex in Dharwad.

According to the police, the workers returned home late at night after work and cooked a meal using a charcoal barbecue grill on the terrace. Because of the cold weather, they later brought the grill inside t...