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Updated May 29th, 2022 at 10:39 IST

97 children fall sick after eating snack at fair in MP

97 children fall sick after eating snack at fair in MP

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Mandla, May 29 (PTI) Ninety seven children suffered from food poisoning after eating 'pani puri' at a fair in Madhya Pradesh's Mandla district, a health official said on Sunday.

All the victims consumed the spicy snack from the same shop on Saturday evening at the fair organised in the tribal-dominated Singarpur area, 38 km from the district headquarters, where people from various nearby villages had come to make purchases, he said.

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Around 7.30 pm, the children complained of vomiting and stomach pain, the district hospital's civil surgeon, Dr K R Shakya, told PTI.

"Ninety seven children have been admitted to the district hospital for food poisoning. They are out of danger," he said.

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The 'pani puri' seller was detained and samples of the snack were sent for testing, a police official said.

Union minister Faggan Singh Kulaste, the parliamentarian from Mandla, met the children undergoing treatment at the hospital on Saturday night. PTI COR LAL GK GK

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Published May 29th, 2022 at 10:39 IST

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