Damauli, June 30
Total 41 locals have been taken ill after attending a feast hosted by their neighbour.
The incident took place on Saturday when Dhan Raj Shrestha of Bhanu municipality-3 had hosted a feast on the occasion of the rice feeding ceremony of his son.
The locals were served with fish and chicken curry, vegetables, rice and salad.
Those who ate fish fell sick, according to ward chair Dal Narayan Shrestha.
The sick are suffering from diarrhoea, headache and fever. Of the sick, three have been rushed to Kathmandu while others are undergoing treatment at the Laxmi Hospital in Dumre, police said.
Meanwhile, a team from the Food and Quality Control Division Office, Tanahun has taken food samples from the feast site.
The fish was reportedly bought from a shop in Dumre and is suspected to be the cause of the incident.
However, the matter will be clear only after the tests are complete, said chief of the office, Shivaji Baral.
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