In the Majri colliery area of Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, on Sunday, food poisoning claimed one life and sickened over seventy-five others, according to a health official.
The incident happened on Saturday night during a religious event in a Kali temple on the eve of Chaitra Navratri Mahotsav, where over 400 people had “prasad,” he said.
“Some of them started feeling unwell after reaching home and 79 arrived at Warora civil hospital past midnight. The condition of six persons was critical and they were shifted to Chandrapur District Hospital. Of these, a man identified as Gurufem Yadav died,” the official said.
The other patients are stable and are under treatment, he added.
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