NEW DELHI: More than 1,200 people were sickened or hospitalized after eating at a wedding in the western Indian state of Gujarat, local media reported Saturday.
The guests, mostly locals, consumed food at the wedding of a local Congress leader’s son in the Mehsana district on Friday, about 61 km north of Gandhinagar, the capital city of Gujarat. The incident triggered panic in the area. According to a statement issued by the office of the Mehsana collectorate, the patients situation 220;is improving.”
Officials from the forensic science laboratory and the food and drug department have collected samples of the food served at the function and sent them for testing. Police have registered a case and initiated investigations into the incident.
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