In a tragic incident, minor twins died reportedly after consuming poisonous ash dumped near a garbage bin at Thangammalpuram area here.
4-year-old boy and his 18-month-old twin sister were playing near the bin on June 4 when they reportedly ate the ash, police said.
Both of them fainted and were rushed to a Government hospital where they died yesterday, they said.
Doctors at the hospital said they suspected that the material consumed by the children was poisonous ash.
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