Two kids die hours after pest control treatment in Kundrathur apartment
The New Indian Express|November 15, 2024
TWO children, aged six and one, died at a hospital in Kundrathur on Thursday afternoon after inhaling rodenticide that was strewn in their house by a pest control service on Wednesday evening.

Their parents, who had also inhaled the poison, are under treatment at a private hospital in Porur and are expected to recover.

Giridharan (34), a banker and his wife Pavithra (31) lives at an apartment in Kundrathur with their children G Vaishnavi (6) and G Sai Sudharshan (1). According to the police, Giridharan had engaged a pest control service to eliminate a rat infestation in their apartment.

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