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Ambedkar Jayanti: Around 80 suffer food poisoning in Akola after taking food

Ambedkar Jayanti: Around 80 suffer food poisoning in Akola after taking food

| @indiablooms | 15 Apr 2019, 09:58 am

Nagpur, Apr 15 (UNI) As many as 80 people, mostly women and children suffered from food poisoning, after they consumed meal in Akola district of Maharashtraon the occasion of Dr Ambedkar birth anniversary celebration, police said here on Monday.

According to police the incident took place when people of Akola district were celebrating 128th birth annivarsary of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and distributed ‘Mahaprasad’ (food) in a village near Akot on Sunday.

About 400 people participated in the programme. After consuming the ‘Prasad’ some persons complaint of stomachache and vomitting after which they were immediately rushed to the general Hospital.

All those who were admitted, had suffered from food poising and were out of danger, doctors informed.

Following a brief treatment, many of them were discharged from the hospital.
Police have registered the case and have launched a probe in this regard. They have also collected some food samples and sent to laboratories for analysis, police said adding further investigation was on.

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