Horrendous! Father gives rat poison in ice cream to three kids, one dies

The 27-year-old man took the three children -- two boys and one girl -- out, offering them ice cream and allegedly gave them poison.

New Delhi: A man in Mumbai allegedly gave rat poison in ice cream to his three children, leading to the death of one. The siblings were hospitalized for treatment during which the six-year-old boy died. The incident took place on June 25, but came to light on Tuesday when the boy lost his life at the government-run Sion Hospital and doctors informed the Mankhurd police, the Mumbai police official was quoted as saying by PTI.  Nazia Begum, the children's mother, told the police that she and her husband, Ali Naushad Ansari (27), a daily wage worker, often had disputes over money-related issues. On June 25, Ansari took the three children -- two boys and one girl -- out, offering them ice cream and allegedly administered them poison. Begum said she had left their home at Sathe Nagar in Mankhurd and went to stay with her sister following a fight with her husband that day.