By IANS,
Patna : At least seven labourers died Monday after consuming poisonous ‘sattu’, a variety of gram flour, in Bihar’s Jehanabad district, police said. An inquiry has been ordered into the deaths.
“A police team raided the shop from where the labourers purchased ‘sattu’, but the shopkeeper ran away and is missing,” police said.
Four labourers in hospital were in a critical condition. “All four are battling for their life,” a police official said.
The labourers purchased ‘sattu’ from a shop in a village and ate it Monday afternoon, he said.
“Soon after consuming it, they complained of stomach ache and their condition deteriorated. They were admitted to hospital where seven of them died,” the police official said.
The district administration has ordered an inquiry into the incident.