A three-year-old girl died and four members of her family were hospitalised after suspected food poisoning in Maharashtra`s Thane district, police said on Monday, reported the PTI.
The incident took place on Sunday night after the family had dinner at their home in Bhayander area of the district.
The child`s father had purchased chicken, which was cooked and consumed by the family along with other food items including boiled eggs, rice and vada pav, Bhayander police station`s senior inspector Jitendra Kamble said, according to the PTI.
After the meal, the man`s wife, three daughters aged 3, 8 and 6 and brother-in-law, complained of nausea, vomiting and stomach ache, he said. His three-year-old daughter passed away some time after consuming the food. The preliminary autopsy report has indicated food poisoning as the suspected cause of death, the official said, as per the PTI.
Food samples from the man`s residence have been collected and sent for an analysis, he said.
“We have registered a case of accidental death and are probing it further. At this stage, we do not suspect poisoning from the chicken brought from the market. The cause may be linked to some other source, but the exact reason will be confirmed only after the chemical analysis report is available,” Kamble said, the news agency reported on Monday.
Father-daughter duo killed as truck hits two-wheeler in Thane
Meanwhile, in an another incident in Thane, last week, a man and his 11-year-old daughter were crushed to death as a truck hit their two-wheeler on a highway in Thane district, police had said on Saturday, reported news agency PTI.
The accident occurred on the Mumbai-Nashik Highway around 3 pm on Friday, an official had earlier said.
The victims, Rajesh Adhikari (39) and his daughter, Vedika, were returning to their home in Shahapur after visiting a relative`s house for the Ganesh festival when a truck rammed into their two-wheeler and ran them over, he said, reported PTI.
The official said that a case under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and the Motor Vehicles Act has been registered against the truck driver, who was arrested, reported PTI.
(with PT inputs)
