Man dies, 3 kids fall ill after eating dal in Barwani

BARWANI: A man died and his three kids were taken ill after consuming dal in Bhagsur village under Rajpur police station limits. A lizard had fallen into the dal during preparation, making the food poisoned, police said.

Rajpur sub-divisional officer (police) DS Baghel told TOI that Barkha (16) daughter of the man, Panna Lal, had prepared gram dal.

She was unaware of the fact that lizard could make food poisonous, so, she took out the reptile from the dal. Later, she served that dal to Panna, her 14-year-old sister Varsha, brother Sumit and consumed it herself too.

Soon after consuming the dal, Panna and his kids complained of stomach ache and started vomiting. Locals took them to district hospital, where Panna died during treatment, while his kids were shifted to a private hospital, the SDO (P) said.

Doctors said that condition of the kids was stable