An eight-year-old girl died after inhaling toxic fumes of the pest control pesticide sprayed at her house in Vasanth Nagar on Monday. Her parents have been admitted to the hospital.
The deceased Ahana was living in a rented accommodation with with her parents Vinod Kumar and Nisha, near Maramma temple, for the last five years. Vinod Kumar was working in a private firm while Ahana was studying in a private school.
The family had complained to the house owner, S. Shivaprasad, about pests for which he asked them to stay away from the house for four days so that he can get the pest control spray done through an agency.