Balasore: In a tragic incident, at least three children were hospitalised in a critical condition after they reportedly consumed pesticide mistaking it for salt in Balasore district of Odisha on Thursday. The shocking mishap occured in Salabani village of Mahisapata panchayat in Nilagiri block of the district.

The minors were identified as Babula Singh's son Yuvraj Singh (8), Akshaya Singh's daughter Indurekha (5) and Ramesh Singh's son Ghanshyam (4).

As per reports, the children had stepped out of their homes to play in the afternoon. They were engaging in play cooking. After making small piles of sand to serve make-belief dishes, one of them went inside and got thimet, a highly toxic insecticide used in agricultural crops, mistaking it for cooking salt. The trio then mixed the chemic

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