Two children died yesterday after suffering from what their parents alleged was food poisoning caused by leftover restaurant food.
However, the exact cause of their deaths would be determined following an autopsy scheduled for today.
The deceased are 13-year-old Israt Jahan Arani, a class-five student of Viqarunnisa Noon School, and six-year-old Alvi Aman, a nursery student of a local private school.
Their mother Mahfuza Malek Jesmin said the family brought home leftover food after having dinner on Saturday night at a Chinese restaurant near their Banasree home.
Yesterday, the mother served the rest of the Chinese food to her two children for lunch while she and her husband had a home-cooked meal.
Both children were rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital after the mother noticed that they were not waking up from an afternoon nap.
Monjirun Mohsinun Mim, an emergency doctor at the DMCH, told the Dhaka Tribune that both children had died before they reached the hospital. An autopsy was suggested as the deaths seemed suspicious, she added.