Bengaluru Techie Dies in House Fire; Suffocation Suspected, Police Probe On

• 34-year-old software engineer Sharmila, an Accenture employee, died in a house fire in Bengaluru's Subramanya Layout.
• She was found unconscious and later declared dead, with suspected suffocation as the cause.
• The incident occurred on January 3; homeowner Vijayendra alerted Ramamurthy Nagar police after seeing smoke.
• Fire personnel found Sharmila inside after dousing the blaze, believed to have started in a friend's room.
• An unnatural death case is registered, and FSL is investigating the fire's precise cause.

Why It Matters: A Bengaluru techie died in a house fire due to suspected suffocation; police are investigating the cause.