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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Stuti Mishra

Watermelon sales crash as family of four die mysteriously after eating the fruit

A worker unloads watermelons from a truck at the KR Market in Bengaluru - (AFP/Getty)

A family of four in India died under mysterious circumstances after a late-night meal that included watermelon, leading to panic in the area and the subsequent drop in sales of the popular summer fruit.

In the early hours of Sunday, 27 April, Abdullah Dokadia, 45, his wife Nasreen, 35, and their daughters Ayesha, 16, and Zainab, 13, died at their home in Pydhonie, in south Mumbai's Bhendi Bazaar area.

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