Four of a family die after eating ‘poisonous’ breakfast

Police say family head will be included in investigation

ARIFWALA:

Four of a family have died hours after they took ‘poisonous’ breakfast at Arifwala’s 143-EB village.

The condition of the mother and her four children deteriorated after breakfast and they were taken to a local hospital but the mother and children were referred to the Jinnah Hospital, Lahore after first aid where two children died, then a child and a mother also died later on.

According to the doctors, all the people died from eating poisonous food. Police said they are investigating the incident keeping in view all the aspects and samples of everything used for breakfast have been sent to the forensic lab.

Rao Toufeeq’s family had their breakfast on Tuesday morning when his wife Sabiran Bibi prepared the breakfast but she and her children Isha, 9, Bilal, 8, Iraj, 6 and Abdullah, 3 felt sickly after consuming it.

The father of the children was also present in the house at the breakfast but his condition is normal. He said the children and his mother ate paratha and I ate dry bread.

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An investigation into the tragic incident has not yet been completed.

They complained of severe stomach pain and were shifted to the THQ hospital of Arifwala where Isha and Bilal died on Tuesday night.

Last year in September, at least 12 members of two families, including 9 children, were rushed to a hospital after consuming toxic food in the Samnabad area.

Two families living in a house near College Road in Samnabad area had a meal, after which 30-year-old Kashif, 27-year-old Nasira Bibi, 25-year-old Asifa, 8-year-old Jia, 6-year-old Muhammad Akmal, 5-year-old Ali Hasnain, 6-year-old Shahroz, 7-year-old Tahira, 5-year-old Hira, 2-year-old Sakhawat, 8-year-old Shehryar and 7-year-old Alia started vomiting.

They were provided medical aid by Rescue 1122 staff and shifted to the General Hospital Samnabad.

A day earlier, at least six people suffered from food poisoning after eating from a restaurant in Faisalabad.

They were admitted to a hospital for treatment.

Reportedly, 28-year-old Kashif Ali, 18-year-old Shahbaz, 25-year-old Asad, 20-year-old Rizwan, 25-year-old Ejaz and 23-year-old Bilal ate at the restaurant in Civil Lines, after which their health deteriorated.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 10^th, 2021.