UP: 12 from family in Bareilly fall ill after consuming 'pinni' sweets, FSDA raids dairy
Bareilly (UP), Jul 1 (PTI): Nine women and three children from a family here fell ill after consuming 'pinni' sweets made for a religious offering, officials said on Tuesday.
All of them were taken to the district hospital with symptoms of vomiting and diarrhoea on Monday, they said.
Dr Shailesh Ranjan, Emergency Medical Officer at the hospital said the patients exhibited clear signs of food poisoning.
"The children are under special observation and all patients are receiving appropriate treatment. Their condition is now stable," he said.
Shobhit Saxena, a resident of BDA Colony said his mother Vinita Saxena had asked for 'pinni' to be made for a prayer ceremony on Monday.
"We bought around 1.25 kg of 'mawa' from Gurjar Dairy. The sweets were prepared by 10 am and offered to the women in our family. Within a few hours, they all began showing symptoms," he said.
By 1 pm, vomiting and diarrhoea had begun and by 6 pm, they were admitted to the district hospital.
The sweets were made from 'mawa' (evaporated milk solids) bought from Gurjar Dairy in Chauhan Market. Initially, the dairy owner dismissed the concerns, blaming excessive consumption.
However, as the health of all affected family members worsened, the family approached police.
Based on the family's complaint, the Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) team conducted a raid at the dairy. Samples of the 'mawa' were collected and sent to a lab in Lucknow for analysis.
Authorities also destroyed stored 'mawa' and 'paneer' found at the dairy. Police said they have taken the shop owner into custody for questioning.
"If the lab confirms adulteration or substandard quality in the samples, strict action will be taken under the Food Safety and Standards Act," an FSDA official said.
Subhash Nagar police station in-charge Jitendra Singh said that the vendor is being interrogated based on the family's complaint.
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'Rear-guard action': BJP over Mamata accepting sports minister's resignation after Messi event
New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Tuesday alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's accepting Aroop Biswas' resignation as the state sports minister is nothing but a "rear-guard action" to douse public anger over the mismanagement of football icon Lionel Messi's event last week.
BJP co-in-charge for West Bengal Amit Malviya alleged that this is also an "open confession" that the Messi event fiasco was not accidental but a government-manufactured disaster, borne out of the poor governance of Banerjee, her ministers and the state bureaucracy.
Banerjee on Tuesday accepted Biswas' resignation as the sports minister in the wake of the controversy over the mismanagement of football icon Messi's event last week, a senior leader of the ruling TMC said.
Biswas, who had written to the chief minister seeking to be relieved of his responsibilities as sports minister, will continue as a cabinet minister, retaining charge of the power department.
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Reacting to the development, Malviya said in a post on X, "TMC Sports Minister Aroop Biswas resigns after the Messi fiasco and Mamata Banerjee accepts it in record time."
"Do not mistake this for accountability; this is nothing but a rear-guard action to douse public anger. anger! This is not 'Raj Dharma'," he added.
The BJP leader alleged that the incident was the outcome of "loot" of common people which is "so synonymous" with the TMC.
The incident was also the outcome of the "shameless VIP culture that TMC thrives on and deep-rooted cronyism promoted by Banerjee," he charged.
Malviya further alleged that Biswas' resignation exposes a "collective failure of Mamata Banerjee, her partisan bureaucracy, and her crony cabinet".
"This is a symbolic sacrifice, a political hoax, soon to be buried under layers of bureaucracy, with no justice, no accountability, and no remorse," the BJP leader said, adding, "No resignation will bring back the time lost, the money wasted, or the stolen chance for football lovers to witness Messi in Kolkata."
