64 people taken ill after eating ‘prasad’

Guwahati, November 27, 2018:

Sixty four schoolchildren and elderly people were taken ill after they had consumed “prasad” in Madanpur under Kamrup district.

The children and the elderly people complained of sickness after consuming soaked chickpeas and green sprouts as “prasad” in a puja organised by a local.

The condition of 20 people, who were rushed to the Tolaram Bafna Civil Hospital at Amingaon, was stated to be critical.