As many as six persons have succumbed to a mysterious disease in Bageshwari village in Bihar’s Munger district since late Tuesday night, according to a district medical official.
Three members of the family of Vinod Sao and as many members of his neighbour’s family died due to the unknown disease, Civil Surgeon Mukesh Singh said.
Eight others with similar symptoms including high fever, were being treated at private hospitals here.
Those who lost their lives were Rishi Sao, 10, Khusboo Kumari, 12, Sunil Kumar, 18, Ramsharam Sao, 70, Rita Kumari, 18, and Kamali Devi, 65, he said.
Chief minister Nitish Kumar described the deaths of villagers because of mystery disease as “extremely serious”.