<i>Two die after joining father's qulkhwani</i>
Two brothers died after attending the qulkhwani of their father in Narayanganj yesterday.
The deceased are Swapon Mia, 18, helper of a public bus, and his brother Ramzan Ali, 12, a class two student of a local school in Dholaipar in the capital.
The duo, along with their mother Nilufa Begum and sister Moninur Nesa Shima, went to Jhalkuri village in Narayanganj in the morning to join the qulkhwani of their father Abul Hossain, who died on Tuesday.
On arriving at Abul's residence in the village, the four fell sick while Swapon and Ramzan started vomiting.
Being sick, the family returned back to their Dholaipar residence without completing the qulkhwani programme.
As the condition of the two boys was deteriorating, they were taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in the afternoon, where duty doctors declared them dead, said their grandfather Akkas Ali.
Doctors suspected that food poisoning might have caused the deaths.
Their grandfather said the duo had breakfast at Dholaipar before setting off for the Narayanganj trip.
Shima was also admitted to DMCH with ailing health.
Abul lived at Jhalkuri village with his second wife, who also died in the first week of March, while his first wife Nilufa lives with her six children at Dholaipar.
Earlier, visiting Abul's residence on the day of his demise, four of Nilufa's family fell sick and returned back the next day.
The bodies have been sent to DMC morgue for autopsy.
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