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Up to 200 Fall Ill in Northwest Delhi After Eating Buckwheat Flour

Food safety teams are testing buckwheat flour samples to confirm suspected contamination.

Overview

  • BJRM Hospital in Jahangirpuri treated roughly 150–200 people from Jahangirpuri, Mahendra Park, Samaypur, Bhalswa Dairy, Lal Bagh and Swaroop Nagar after early-morning calls began around 6:10 a.m.
  • Patients reported gastrointestinal complaints including vomiting, dizziness and loose motions after eating food prepared with kuttu atta.
  • Hospital and police officials said all cases were stable and no one required admission.
  • Police deployed beat staff to make loudspeaker announcements, cautioned vendors and residents, and referred the matter to the Delhi government Food Department, which collected samples for lab testing.
  • AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj urged action in public posts, and Union minister Chirag Paswan pledged a thorough inquiry and a zero‑tolerance approach to food safety violations.