An eatery owner's three young children died today while his wife is battling for life in a local hospital, with police saying that they had taken ill after last night's dinner.
     
Vidyanand Mandal's sons Deepak (6), Suraj(3) and daughter Soni (4) sucumbed today while wife Kala Devi is in a critical condition.

Police said, his wife and children fell ill after taking food last night and they were rushed to hospital.
     
According to neighbours, they started vomiting after eating chicken. Mandal, hailing from Bihar, runs a dhabha in Sunet locality on Ludhiana Ferozepur road.