Excelsior Correspondent
RAMBAN, May 9: A 12 year-old boy died while three girls were hospitalised after consuming some poisonous herb in Rakhjaroh village area of Batote.
The children were playing in a forest area near Rakhjaroh village in Batote area when they consumed the unknown wild herb, a police official said.
He said they fell unconscious after vomiting and were rushed to the Community Health Centre, Batote, where one of them identified as Mohammad Basit, son of Mohammad Sahafiq died.
Basit’s sister Shabnam (10) and neighbours Sania Banu (10), daughter of Bashir Ahmed and Izia Bano (8), daughter of Nisar Ahmed were referred to Government Medical College & Hospital Jammu for specialised treatment.
Batote Police has taken cognizance in this regard.
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