Ramadan 2012: Two children die and 435 people in hospital after food poisoning at party

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Ramadan 2012: Two children die and 435 people in hospital after food poisoning at party

August 1st, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

By
Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED:

13:37 EST, 31 July 2012

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UPDATED:

14:31 EST, 31 July 2012

Two children have died and 435 people were hospitalised after eating food during a Ramadan festival party.

Five of those in hospital were said to be critical after eating at the same ‘iftaar’ event – when Muslims are allowed to break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan.

All of the victims were taken to ID Hospital at Beliaghata, where the six-year-old girl and 11-year-old boy died.

Devastated: Two young men mourn outside the Calcutta hospital where hundreds have been treated

Indian
Minister of State for Health Chandrima Bhattacharya said people fell
ill after eating ‘ghugni’ – a snack made from pulses served with gravy
and rice – that had been cooked at a community kitchen in the Bankra
area of North 24 Parganas district, Calcutta.

A medical team has been sent to Bankra, the minister added.

Ramadan is a month in the Islamic calendar when Muslims fast between the hours of sunrise and sunset. At nightfall, families take part in the fast-breaking iftaar meal.

Anxious: Women wait for news of loves ones outside the hospital