Police have arrested three after at least 11 people died of suspected food poisoning following a ceremony to celebrate the construction of a new Hindu temple in India. Over 100 people fell ill and are recovering in various hospitals after eating ‘contaminated’ cooked vegetables and rice in Chamarajnagar district of Karnataka state on Friday, Police Officer Musharraf said. Deputy commissioner of Mysore B B Cauvery said: ‘So far 11 deaths have taken place and 93 people are still hospitalised and 29 people are on ventilator.
‘But round-the-clock attention is being given in all the hospitals in Mysore.’
The poisoned people immediately started vomiting, complained of severe stomach pain and were taken to nearby hospitals. Police Officer Musharraf, who only uses one name, said eight of those hospitalised were in critical condition. He said three members of the temple’s management have been arrested and samples of the food sent for chemical analysis.
Murege Swamy, who attended the temple ceremony, said ‘they were giving us some offerings at the temple. It had a weird smell. When we asked what that was, they told us it is because of leaves in the offering’.
He added: ‘As soon as we ate that, me and my friends felt a sharp pain in our stomachs and started puking.’ Sangeeta, said she was lucky that she didn’t eat anything at the temple.
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