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UP: 2 toddlers die after consuming rat poison

They were playing in an auto rickshaw parked outside their house when they found rat poison in the vehicle and consumed it.

Barabanki: Two toddlers died on Wednesday after allegedly consuming rat poison, which they mistook to be an edible item in Ismailpur village in Uttar Prdesh.

The two cousins – Divyansh, 2, and Hridesh, 2, – were playing in an auto rickshaw parked outside their house on Tuesday when they found rat poison in the vehicle, police said.

Taking it to be edible they consumed it, police said, adding that they were rushed to the Community Health Centre after they started vomiting.

Later, they were referred to a hospital in Lucknow where they died.

A case has been registered and bodies sent for post-mortem, police said.

( Source : PTI )
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