Overview
- Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr. Madhav Hasani said six people were admitted to Government Maharaja Yashwantrao Hospital as a precaution.
- Nearly 60 attendees ate at a birthday party late Saturday in Bhagirathpura, and some developed symptoms on Sunday.
- All six patients received treatment and were reported to be doing well.
- Bhagirathpura was the epicentre of a diarrhoea outbreak tied to polluted drinking water, with 22 deaths acknowledged by the state and Rs 2 lakh paid to each bereaved family.
- Local residents and the Congress party claim the death toll is 35, and a one-member commission led by Justice Sushil Kumar Gupta is probing the tragedy.