SIALKOT: Three minor sisters died allegedly after consuming contaminated fruit Chaat in the limits of Naikapura police station here on Monday.

According to police, the sisters -- Ayet Khan (5), Amina Khan (4) and Zuhra Khan (3) -- bought fruit chaat (a local spiced variant of fruit salad) from vendors Waris Ali and Muhammad Boota of Bohri Mohallah and ate it.

Soon after consuming the material the girls started vomiting and when their condition deteriorated they were shifted to hospital where they died.

Police moved the bodies to morgue for the postmortem examination.

On the report of victims’ father, Nawaz Khan, the police registered a case against the suspects.

Published in Dawn, June 20th, 2017