STAR REPORT

Two siblings died allegedly from pesticide poisoning after a cleaning service provider used pest control chemicals in their house in Dhaka’s Bashundhara Residential Area.

Shayan Mobarrat Zahin, 15, an eighth-grader, and Shahir Mobarrat Zayan, 9, a third-grader, died on Sunday.

Asaduzzaman, officer-in-charge of Bhatara Police Station, yesterday said they suspected that the two boys might have died due to pesticide poisoning.

Quoting the family members, Inspector (Investigation) Shariful Islam said Mobarak Hossain, the father of the two children, hired DCS Organisation Ltd to get rid of pests in their house at Block-I.

“The employees of the company applied pesticides there on Friday from 3:00pm to 6:00pm. I was there supervising the work wearing a mask, while my wife and 3 children were out attending an event,“ Mobarak told The Daily Star yesterday.

He said the employees asked them to enter the house after two to three hours. The family members, however, took extra precautions and returned to the house after about 10 hours.