HARIPUR: Two minors died after allegedly consuming expired powdered milk of a known brand, police said here on Wednesday.

Sera e Saleh police quoted Ghulam Ali of Mohallah Rehmat Abad as saying that his wife fed their two and half years old daughter Azra Bibi the powdered milk of a multinational brand and her condition had deteriorated within minutes and the child died in the hospital. He told the police that one of his nephews, Mohammad Ali, a 7 months old infant, was also fed the milk by his mother from the same sachet and the infant immediately fell seriously ill. He was taken to the nearest hospital but doctors pronounced him dead on arrival. The complainant accused the shopkeeper of selling expired powdered milk of a known brand which became the cause of death of his minor daughter and the infant.

On his complaint, the police confiscated the stock of the powdered milk from the shop for forensic inspection and started investigation.

Published in Dawn, September 19th, 2024