Watermelon Tragedy Strikes Again: Teen Dies, Three Children Fall Ill in Chhattisgarh0

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• May 12, 2026

Key Update A 15-year-old boy died, and three other children fell ill after allegedly consuming watermelon in Chhattisgarh’s Janjgir-Champa district. The incident comes weeks after four members of a family died in a suspected watermelon-linked case in Mumbai. The children had travelled to their maternal uncle’s house in Ghurkot village after attending a wedding. According