Nearly 2,000 people suffered from food poisoning after consuming food at a religious event held at a village in Maharashtra’s Nanded district, an official said on Wednesday.
A religious discourse was held in Koshtwadi village under Loha tehsil on Tuesday where locals and people from nearby Sawargaon, Postwadi, Risangaon and Maski villages gathered and consumed food at around 5 pm.
The people started complaining of vomiting and loose motions in the wee hours of Wednesday, the official said.