India, Jan. 28 -- Three Assam Rifles personnel stationed at Leimaram Waroiching in Kangpokpi district of Manipur have died due to suspected food poisoning, officials said on Tuesday.

Officials said the three were among the five personnel who were admitted to the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Imphal on Monday following food poisoning symptoms such as vomiting.

The three have been identified as Lance Naik Rama Shankar, 59, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district, Havildar Umesh Kumar, 49, a resident of Buxar district in Bihar, and Warrant Officer (GD) Phoolchand, 56, from Dehradun in Uttarakhand.

Shankar died on Monday while Kumar and Phoolchand died in the early hours of Tuesday. Their bodies will be sent to the...