A teenager from Dharavi died two days after she brushed her teeth with rat poison mistaking the tube for that of toothpaste. The poison had spread in her entire body by the time she was rushed to hospital where she died, said police.

The incident happened on Friday morning. Apsana Khan, 18, had just woken up and was still drowsy when she accidentally picked up the rat killer tube to brush her teeth, said police. Within seconds she realised the difference in the taste and spit out the paste and rinsed her mouth, said police. As she felt fine, she went about her usual routine, but after sometime, she got dizzy.