TWO DEAD AFTER EATING MANGO KERNEL GRUEL

BHUBANESWAR: At least two persons died and six fell severely ill after allegedly consuming mango kernel gruel in Odisha’s tribal-dominated Rayagada district, an official said on Saturday.

Six persons have been admitted to a community hospital in Kashipur block of the district. While a minor boy had died on Thursday, a 60-year-old man passed away in the hospital on Saturday, the official said. They had consumed mango kernel gruel in Sipijodi village

The deceased have been identified as Ranjan Kumar Majhi (13) and Shiva Majhi (60). According to the villagers, the tribals had prepared gruel from mango seeds and ate it. Ranjan died of diarrhoea while seven others were rushed to Kashipur