5 Divyang Boys Die, Over 30 Hospitalised After Eating Food At Indore Orphanage

Bhopal: Five divyang boys, aged 5 to 15 years died at Indore’s Yugpurush Dham Ashram orphanage since Sunday. Over 30 other inmates of the orphanage were admitted to hospital.

The deaths are suspected to be due to food poisoning. The victims developed symptoms of food poisoning after eating their meal on Sunday.

Out of the 30 hospitalized, four to five are reported to be in critical condition.

Local Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Om Narayan Badkul was removed from his post by the Madhya Pradesh government following a viral video showed him laughing with the orphanage head, Anita Sharma, while the body of one of the dead boys lay in the background.

A team of doctors, officials of the food safety along with a team of local municipal corporation, are investigating the incident. The Food Safety Department has taken the food samples from the kitchen of the orphanage for test to ascertain the reason for the incident.