Overview
- The family ordered a takeout meal from Sheetal Restaurant on August 15 and developed vomiting and diarrhoea the next morning, with the five‑year‑old losing consciousness and dying after hospital admission on August 17.
- Surat Municipal Corporation food‑safety inspectors found spoiled chana dal, exposed paneer and uncovered vegetables at the Varachha outlet, destroyed the affected stock and sealed the premises while collecting food and raw‑material samples for laboratory testing.
- Surat police registered an accidental death case and sent the child's body to SMIMER for a panel post‑mortem, and health officials say four surviving family members remain hospitalised in stable condition and are receiving treatment.
- Gujarat Health Minister Praful Pansheriya held video briefings with local officials, directed care for the patients and instructed authorities to pursue legal and administrative action under the Food Safety Act once test and post‑mortem results are available.
- The episode has prompted wider enforcement: officials noted the restaurant had passed earlier spot tests, the SMC expanded inspections of hundreds of eateries and destroyed large quantities of unfit food as it steps up checks before upcoming festivals.