India, Oct. 24 -- Five members of a Nepali family were found unconscious inside their rented home in Ulwe on Thursday afternoon, after what police suspect was a case of poisoning. One of them, a 22-year-old man, has died, while the others, including two young children, are battling for their lives in Panvel Sub-District Hospital.

The discovery was made near Hanuman Temple in Jawale village after the landlord, Ramesh Gharat, raised an alarm. He had grown suspicious when his tenants failed to respond to repeated knocks or open the door for nearly three days. Police and fire brigade personnel arrived at the spot and broke open the locked door, only to find a horrific sight inside.

"Inside, we found one of the men lying motionless, with fro...