India, Dec. 3 -- A 21-year-old man suffocated to death and his body was partially charred after he collapsed on a burning coal stove in his sleep at Malibu Towne in Sector 47 on Tuesday, said police.

Police identified the deceased as Manjur Alam, originally from Dakshin Dinajpur in West Bengal. He lived alone in a rented accommodation in an EWS building in the society and worked as a delivery manager at a commercial establishment in Sadar Bazar.

According to police, the matter came to light at 5.15am when Alam's friend, Aman (single name), 22, reached Alam's room to collect his mobile phone and jacket that he left on the previous night. After reaching, he found Alam lying on the open burning stove kept just beside his bed.

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