Mumbai: Even in her final moments, little Abir was on Ankita Chhetri’s mind. Officials believe the Batavia family’s domestic help grabbed him from one of the bedrooms as the fire spread and took shelter in the attached bathroom. Rescuers found Abir lying on her chest, both unconscious. CPR on them failed.They were declared dead at Nanavati Hospital. At Cooper Hospital’s postmortem examination centre, officials said they died of asphyxiation and did not sustain burn injuries.Four other members of the Batavia household were taken to Nanavati Hospital, including the developer, Hiren Batavia. They were discharged after being kept under observation through the night. Two others, a fireman and the watchman, were taken to Cooper Hospital for minor injuries. They were discharged as well after treatment.Abir’s parents, Siddharth Batavia and Jayni Batavia, arrived with the extended family to claim his remains on Wednesday. The wait was long due to a few others in the queue. “We are very distraught, we have no option but to wait,” said one of the extended family members. The family could only take possession of the body by around 1pm.A case of accidental death was registered at Santacruz police station.Senior inspector Dattatray Masavekar said Chhetri was a native of West Bengal and her family has been contacted. “We are still finding out more details about her,” he said. Until her family arrives in the city, her postmortem remains pending due to lack of consent from blood relatives. Some of her distant relatives had tried to claim the body earlier in the day; they could not be traced till the time of going to press.
