Fuchka vendor held after over 200 people fall ill at Jashore Eid fair

JASHORE, Apr 03 (UNB): Police detained a fuchka vendor in connection with the sickness of over 200 people who allegedly ate the street snack sold by him at Abhaynagar upazila in Jashore district on the day of Eid-ul-Fitr.

The detainee was identified as Monir Hossain from Dakuria Uttarpara village in Manirampur upazila.

Abhaynagar police station's Inspector (investigation) Shuvro Prokash Das said that they detained him from his village on Wednesday night, two days

after the incident.

One of the victims- Maulana Tanjim Hossain - filed a case against him under the Food Safety Act with the police station after the detention, the OC said.

On March 31, over 200 people, including women and children, allegedly fell sick after eating fuchka at an Eid fair in Abhaynagar.

Of them, 100 victims were admitted to Abhaynagar Upazila Health Complex.

Hundreds of visitors consumed fuchka from the shop at the fair on the Eid day.

Upon returning home, they experienced stomach pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and convulsions, forcing them to be hospitalised overnight and by Tuesday.

Dr. Raghuram Chandra, a physician at the Khulna Medical College and Hospital (KMCH), said that food contamination caused sickness with most patients suffering from stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever.