A woman and her 10-month-old daughter died after allegedly consuming poison at a village in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, the police said today.
The incident took place at Chhatraamba Vegidihi under jurisdiction of Kaptipada police station last night, following a quarrel between the woman and her husband over some trivial issues, said Inspector in-charge of Kaptipada police station, Brajabandhu Nayak.
The woman, identified as Jema Singh (21) took her daughter to a nearby forest where she allegedly consumed pesticide and fed the same to the infant, police said.
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Later, both were found in serious condition and taken to the Kaptipada Community Health Centre (CHC) where the infant died during treatment, police said.
The mother died while being shifted to a hospital in Baripada from CHC, the IIC said.
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