Jamshedpur, Dec. 23 -- Dimba Chatomba, who was forced to carry his 4-month-old dead son in a plastic bag in the absence of ambulance or mortuary vehicle on Friday, has now fallen prey to malaria himself along with two of his family members even as an outbreak of malaria resulted in the deaths of two women, with nearly three dozen people falling sick in Churgi village under Manoharpur Block of West Singhbhum district, people familiar with the development said on Tuesday.

"A 40-yr-old woman Turi Champia died during treatment on December 15 while 28-yr-old Jabni Laguri died on December 15 after having fever for a month. Whether they died in malaria or not is not known conclusively. Our team rushed to Churgi on Monday and collected blood sam...