Adulterated Buckwheat Flour Leaves Over 200 Sick During Navratri Fasting in Delhi

Delhi news: Around 200 people have fallen ill due to food poisoning, allegedly after consuming buckwheat flour during Navratri fasting in northwest Delhi, police said on Tuesday, PTI reported. The patients were found stable, and no serious case was reported, the police added.

According to the police, they began to receive calls at around 6.10 am on Tuesday at the Jahangirpuri police station about multiple people starting to fall sick, allegedly after eating food prepared with Kuttu atta (buckwheat flour).

"Teams were rushed to BJRM Hospital, where the chief medical officer informed that around 150 to 200 people had reported to the emergency ward since morning, the police added.