In Bihar’s Nawada district, three siblings died and another was taken ill, a medical officer told on Sunday.
District Medical Officer In-charge Dr Ravindra Kumar said that three children died of a mysterious illness since Saturday at Dharamur village in the Hisua police station area.
Another child was taken critically ill at the same village, Dr Kumar said.
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, he said.
A special medical team, led by the district malaria officer, has gone to the village to investigate the deaths.
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