Man dies after eating khaini with pesticide laced hands

A farmer in a Bihar village died after he consumed khaini, an addictive tobaccoconcoction, that he mixed with his pesticide laced hands on his farm, family of the victim said.
Mahadev Sah, a resident of Bharra village in Begusarai district, died soon after consuming the powder.
“My husband died soon after he consumed khaini mixed in his pesticide laced hands,” Geeta Devi, wife of Sah, said.
Devi told police that her husband was spraying pesticide on the crop in their field and then mixed tobacco in his hands.
“Soon after he complained of weakness and vomiting,” she said.