UP: Nearly 50 hospitalised in Baghpat, Bijnor after eating items prepared with 'kuttu ka atta'

BAGHPAT/BIJNOR (UP): (Mar 20) Nearly 50 people including an additional district magistrate fell ill after consuming 'kuttu ka atta' (buckwheat flour) -- typically consumed during fasting rituals -- in Baghpat and Bijnor districts of Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Friday.

All affected individuals have been hospitalised, they said.

In Baghpat district, more than 18 people including Additional District Magistrate (Judicial) Shiv Narayan Singh suffered from food poisoning after eating meals prepared with buckwheat flour during the Navratri.