50 fall ill after having prasad in Assam village

pMore than 50 people were taken ill and treated for suspected food poisoning after having prasad comprising gram and fruits at a religious function in Assams Charaideo district a police official said on MondayppA villager organised the event at his house and distributed prasad among the neighbouring households on Sunday afternoonppSoon after consuming the prasad people complained of stomachache and vomitingppOver 50 villagers were admitted to the Geleki Block Primary Health Centre since Sunday night with similar symptoms of food poisoning and their condition is stable now the official saidppA team of Food and Civil Supplies Department visited the village under Geleki police station on Monday morning and seized the remaining stock of gram from the shop from which the villager had procured itppAn investigation has been started to determine how the food poisoning had been caused the official addedp