More than 100 people fell ill in Hapur and Muzaffarnagar district of West Uttar Pradesh on Monday night following food poison in the feast during a marriage function. A report from Hapur confirmed that around 40 people fell ill after they consumed pre-marriage function at Nagaula village under Kharkhauda police station, on Monday night. The people were admitted to different hospitals. SDM, KB Singh confirmed that the food was stale which led to the illness of the people. Singh, however, said that the food has been sent to the lab for test.
In a similar incident in Muzaffarnagar, 60 people fell ill after they consumed poisonous food during a marriage function at Ratanpuri village under Khatauli police station also on Monday night. The bridegroom came from Baragaon in Saharanpur district and several of that side were admitted to the hospital. However no one was in serious condition in both the incidents though district authorities have ordered a probe and sent the food to the lab.