Overview
- Customers who ate shawarma, pizza, falooda and related items from the Khandu Pada outlet reported vomiting, diarrhoea, stomach pain and dizziness after consuming the food on Wednesday night.
- Patient admissions rose over three days with officials reporting figures that varied by outlet and time, reaching as many as 122 people treated across hospitals and clinics.
- Hospital staff said most patients are stable or out of danger and have been monitored at Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital while biological samples were sent to Kalwa and other labs for culture and forensic analysis.
- The Maharashtra FDA sealed the ‘Famous Shawarma’ stall, seized stock and multiple food samples, police registered a criminal case against owner Dilshad Ansari, and the municipal corporation began demolishing unauthorised parts of the shop after finding its licence had expired.
- Authorities say further legal and regulatory action will follow the lab results, and the incident has prompted warnings about street-food hygiene and renewed enforcement of food-safety rules for roadside eateries.