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KEONJHAR: Upset that a toad entered his house, a tribal man cooked it for dinner and asked his family to consume it, with disastrous consequences, as he lost one child and another is battling for life in hospital.
Police said the victim, 6-year-old Sumitra Munda, died late on Friday at the Keonjhar district headquarters hospital, while her four-year old sister, Muni, is critical and battling complications after eating toad curry in Joda block of Keonjhar district on Thursday.
The children’s condition turned critical while their father, Muna Munda, 40, who also ate the curry, faced no complication. Police rushed to Guruda, a remote village under Bamebari police station, 70 km from Keonjhar, after learning about incident.
Witnesses and police said that on Thursday evening, a toad entered the Munda family’s house, angering Sumitra’s father, who killed it and the family cooked it for dinner. Later in the night, the children started vomiting and fell unconscious. On Friday, they were taken to Keonjhar district headquarters hospital, where Sumitra died on Friday night. Police started a probe after registering a case of unnatural death in Bamebari police station.
Police said the victim, 6-year-old Sumitra Munda, died late on Friday at the Keonjhar district headquarters hospital, while her four-year old sister, Muni, is critical and battling complications after eating toad curry in Joda block of Keonjhar district on Thursday.
The children’s condition turned critical while their father, Muna Munda, 40, who also ate the curry, faced no complication. Police rushed to Guruda, a remote village under Bamebari police station, 70 km from Keonjhar, after learning about incident.
Witnesses and police said that on Thursday evening, a toad entered the Munda family’s house, angering Sumitra’s father, who killed it and the family cooked it for dinner. Later in the night, the children started vomiting and fell unconscious. On Friday, they were taken to Keonjhar district headquarters hospital, where Sumitra died on Friday night. Police started a probe after registering a case of unnatural death in Bamebari police station.
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