India, June 14 -- A 29-year-old woman and her two daughters, aged six and seven, died after allegedly consuming poison in the Kharavali village in Mangaon taluka of Raigad district. The woman's youngest daughter, aged four, remains in critical condition, while her eight-year-old son is conscious and undergoing treatment, police said.

Preliminary investigations suggest that the woman allegedly gave a poison-laced drink to her four children before consuming it herself. While the woman and her three daughters consumed the poisonous substance, her son spat it out in time. The incident is believed to have occurred between 11 am and noon on Saturday.

All five were rushed to the Mangaon Sub-District Hospital, where the woman and her two older ...