India, Sept. 4 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday strongly condemned the deaths of two newborns following rat bites at Indore's Maharaja Yeshwantrao (MY) Hospital, calling it "outright murder."

"In Indore, two newborn babies died due to rat bites in Madhya Pradesh's largest government hospital - this is no accident, this is outright murder. This incident is so horrific, inhuman, and insensitive that even hearing about it sends shivers down the spine," the Congress leader wrote in a post on X.

Gandhi's remarks came after two newborns undergoing treatment at MY Hospital died following rat bites on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, according to hospital authorities cited by news agency ANI.

One infant died on Tuesday mo...