36 hospitalised in Mathura after having food made of buckwheat flour
Mathura (UP), (PTI): Thirty-six people were taken ill at different places here after consuming food items prepared from poor quality buckwheat flour used during fasting in Navratri, officials said on Wednesday.
With nine-day fasting for 'Chaitra Navratri' beginning on Tuesday, several people who consumed 'puris' and 'pakodis' made of 'kutu atta' complained of vomiting, nausea and diarrhoea and were admitted to different hospitals, they said.
According to Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Ajay Kumar Verma, so far 36 people have been admitted to different hospitals in the district.
District Magistrate Shailendra Kumar Singh said 14 persons were undergoing treatment in the district hospital. Information is being gathered from other places as well to find out if someone else fell ill for the same reason, the DM said after visiting the district hospital.
"On Tuesday, we got information that some people in the district's Vikas Nagar, Mahendra Nagar and Dwarikesh Nagar areas complained of health problems after consuming food items prepared from buckwheat flour purchased from a shopkeeper and they were admitted to the government hospital. Their treatment is underway and they are now out of danger," the DM said.
The DM said it seemed that the quality of the flour consumed by the hospitalised persons was poor and had become poisonous. "We will take strictest legal action against all such shopkeepers. In the case of Dwarikesh Nagar, a case is being registered against the shopkeeper from where the flour was purchased," he said.
CMO Verma said 36 people so far have been admitted to different hospitals in the district.
It has come to light that those who were taken ill in Mahendra Nagar had bought flour from the same shopkeeper in the Kishi Mandi market from where the people of Vikas Nagar had made their purchases.
Nine people in Ading village of Govardhan area are undergoing treatment in a private hospital and six others from Bati village have been admitted to the Joint District Hospital in Vrindavan, the CMO said, adding that some others are being treated in private hospitals. The condition of all those admitted was improving, he said.
The DM said health department teams have been sent to all such places to provide necessary treatment.
Apart from this, the investigation team of the Food and Drug Department has also been asked to collect samples of these items and send them for testing, he said.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
