MUMBAI: The sudden and mysterious death of a 12-year-old girl at Shivaji Nagar in Govandi on Friday — four days after she was administered an iron and folic acid tablet in her civic school — triggered mass hysteria in the area as parents rushed over 487 children to two municipal hospitals.

Even as children complained of dizziness, nausea, stomach ache, headache and fever, doctors at Rajawadi and Shatabdi hospitals said none showed any symptoms once in hospital. Panic gripped Shivaji Nagar soon after news of Chandni Shaikh’s death spread.

The class VI student of Sanjay Nagar Urdu Municipal School allegedly coughed blood, collapsed in her shanty and died in her father Shahid’s lap even as he was taking her to a hospital in an ambulance. Zonal DCP Shahaji Umap said as per initial findings, she died of broncho-pulmonary haemorrhage (bleeding).

