India, Dec. 22 -- Three members of a family, including a woman and her two sons, were found dead in their home at Itap village in Odisha's Dhenkanal district on Monday in a suspected case of food poisoning, police said.

The victims were rushed to the Angul District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) in the morning after neighbours and relatives forced open the house door and found them lying unconscious. Doctors at the DHH declared all three brought dead.

According to preliminary police inputs, the family had eaten rice, spinach and chicken on Sunday night. The deceased have been identified as the mother, her middle son and her younger son. Other members of the family, who also reportedly consumed rice and chicken, did not fall ill and are sta...