New Delhi, July 26: A day after three sisters were found dead in east Delhi's Mandawali area,  Amita Saxena, MS, Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital informed that the cause of the death was starvation as there was no trace of fat on their bodies. The doctor said that the postmortem reports showed the stomach was absolutely empty and therefore, it's a case of gross malnutrition.

The initial post-mortem examination report has indicated that the three girls, aged two, four and eight died of starvation. The girls were brought to a hospital by their mother and a friend at around 1 pm on Wednesday but were declared dead on arrival. The hospital authorities informed the police about their deaths.  A board of doctors conducted a re-examination at the GTB hospital, Pankaj Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (east), said.

On Wednesday, the Delhi government had ordered a magisterial inquiry into the deaths of three sisters. According to a report by ANI, the police were initially treating it as the case of natural deaths but the recovery of pills and medicine bottles prompted them to look into the poisoning angle.

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