3 children of a family die after taking poisoned puffed rice

Locals said Zahirul Islam, a weaving factory worker, scattered puffed rice mixed with pesticide on the floor of his home at Charsohagpur village to kill flies.

But his children -- Abdul Alim, 10, Ranzita, 7, and Kona, 5, -- took the puffed rice in absence of Zahirul and his wife.

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As the kids fell seriously ill, his neighbours took them to the upazila health complex where doctors declared them dead.

Police took the bodies to local police station from the hospital.

A pall of gloom descended on the neighbourhood.