Two children, including an infant, died and at least 50 people were taken ill after consuming kheer at a feast in Tikamgarh district, recently. The district administration, however, claimed that only a child died of food poisoning, while the infant death was due to some other reason.a nine-month-old child and nine-year-old Prinyanka died after consuming the sweet at the feast.
Tikamgarh collector Subhash Kumar Dwivedi, said, “Inquiry has been ordered in the case. SDM has been sent to the village. A section of villagers said that stale kheer was served in Bhandara. Only a nine-year-old boy died of food poisoning, one. Infant died due to some other health reason.”
Following the incident, the administration had set up a medical camp in Keshavgarh village, in Tikamgarh district where 56 people complaining of food-poisoning had turned up.A dozen of them were referred to Tikamgarh hospital. Officials were informed that a large number of people had consumed the kheer at the fest. No case has been registered yet as villagers refused to lodge a complaint.