Thirty-seven persons, including 22 children, fell ill after consuming alleged contaminated water and of suspected food poisoning in Yadgir district of Karnataka. Of the 37 persons, 13 are labourers from West Bengal.
The incident occurred on August 26-27 in Chikkanahalli village in Shorapur taluk of Yadgir district.
According to sources, on August 26 night, the labourers started vomiting and suffered from diarrhoea after consuming food. The labourers had come to the village to work in paddy fields. They were staying in makeshift sheds near the government primary school in the village.
