Ninety seven children suffered from food poisoning after eating 'pani puri' at a fair in Madhya Pradesh's Mandla district, a health official said on Sunday.
All the victims consumed the spicy snack from the same shop on Saturday evening at the fair organised in the tribal-dominated Singarpur area, 38 km from the district headquarters, where people from various nearby villages had come to make purchases, he said.
Around 7.30 pm, the children complained of vomiting and stomach pain, the district hospital's civil surgeon, Dr K R Shakya, told PTI.
"Ninety seven children have been admitted to the district hospital for food poisoning. They are out of danger," he said.
The 'pani puri' seller was detained and samples of the snack were sent for testing, a police official said.
Union minister Faggan Singh Kulaste, the parliamentarian from Mandla, met the children undergoing treatment at the hospital on Saturday night.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
In Madhya Pradesh, Insects In Wheat Bags, Lakhs Of Tonnes Allowed To Rot Fruit Seller Runs Vehicle Over Forest Guard, Kills Him; Drags Body In Madhya Pradesh: Cops RSS-Linked Books Mandated In Madhya Pradesh Colleges, Opposition Sees Red Vandalism At Kolkata Hospital Where Doctor Was Raped, Tear Gas Fired 150 mg Semen In Kolkata Doctor's Body, Suspect Gang-Rape: Parents To Court 2 French Rafale Jets Collide Mid-Air, Instructor, Pilot Missing "Soldiers, Farmers, Youth. I Salute Them All": PM Modi In Speech At Red Fort Trump Speaks With Netanyahu Over Gaza Truce And Hostage Deal: Report Indian-Origin Man Jailed For Helping Friend In Singapore Football Scam Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.