Poisonous milk: Two brothers die from milk with lizard in it
Mother forgot to cover kettle while boiling milk, sons died after drinking it.
FAISALABAD:
Two boys were killed after drinking poisoned milk on Tuesday.
According to residents, Shabli Baloolwala resident Ishrat Bibi was boiling milk for her two sons Umar, 7, and Najeeb, 4, but forgot to cover the lid of the kettle. While, she was working in the kitchen a lizard fell into the kettle.
After boiling the milk, Ishrat Bibi placed it in the freezer and served it to her kids at noon. Both boys immediately began vomiting and collapsed. Ishrat and her husband Fateh Khan rushed the boys to the hospital but both boys died before they could be provided any medical aid.
“They died on the way to the hospital and when we got their hospital officials said that they had been poisoned,” Fateh told reporters.
A large number of local residents in the area thronged to Fateh Khan’s house to mourn the incident. When the house was searched, Ishrat Bibi and her family discovered that a lizard had fallen into the milk while it was boiling and rendered it poisonous. Police officials declared the incident to have been an accident and have returned the bodies to the family for burial.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 12th, 2011.
Two boys were killed after drinking poisoned milk on Tuesday.
According to residents, Shabli Baloolwala resident Ishrat Bibi was boiling milk for her two sons Umar, 7, and Najeeb, 4, but forgot to cover the lid of the kettle. While, she was working in the kitchen a lizard fell into the kettle.
After boiling the milk, Ishrat Bibi placed it in the freezer and served it to her kids at noon. Both boys immediately began vomiting and collapsed. Ishrat and her husband Fateh Khan rushed the boys to the hospital but both boys died before they could be provided any medical aid.
“They died on the way to the hospital and when we got their hospital officials said that they had been poisoned,” Fateh told reporters.
A large number of local residents in the area thronged to Fateh Khan’s house to mourn the incident. When the house was searched, Ishrat Bibi and her family discovered that a lizard had fallen into the milk while it was boiling and rendered it poisonous. Police officials declared the incident to have been an accident and have returned the bodies to the family for burial.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 12th, 2011.