India, Nov. 8 -- A man, 32, died of suffocation after a fire broke out in his hotel room as he fell asleep while smoking a cigarette that set his mattress and wooden cot alight. Thick smoke quickly engulfed the room as its doors and windows were shut, leading to the man dying of suffocation.

The incident was reported from a hotel in Somwar Peth which the deceased - identified as Mohit Bhupendra Shah, 32 - checked into Thursday afternoon. According to the police, Shah - a resident of Pravin Building, Shivaji Chowk, Daund - was employed with a chartered accountant in Pune, had been battling alcohol addiction, and was reportedly distressed following his divorce. Thursday afternoon, Shah checked into a hotel near Maldhakka Chowk in Somwar Pe...