Udupi, Oct 26, 2020: A woman died after unknowingly eating a papaya which was laced with rat poison at Hiriadka.
The deceased has been identified as Srimathi (43) of Devaragunda in Kudi village. It is said the papaya laced with rat poison was kept in the house on October 19 due to the increasing menace of rodents. However Srimathi who was unaware of this, had consumed it. She was rushed to the hospital after she complained of stomach pain. However she breathed her last later.