Cuddalore: An eight-yearold girl from a village near Neyveli
died after allegedly consuming a soft drink on Sunday night. Her two sisters
and a brother, who also consumed the drink, are undergoing treatment at a
hospital in Puducherry.
Police said Anjapuli, a contract worker with the Neyveli Lignite Corporation, bought a 500ml soft drink from a shop in Sheplanatham village near Neyveli. After reaching home, he offered the soft drink to his daughters A Lalithaa, 10, A Abhirami, 8 and A Kausalya, 6 and son A Paramasivan, 3.
Within minutes of consuming the soft drink, the four children complained of stomach ache, nausea and vomiting. A panic-stricken Anjapuli took them to a doctor in Kurunjipadi, who referred the children to Cuddalore Government General Hospital, where Abhirami died.
The doctors on duty referred the other three children to Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (Jipmer), Puducherry. The condition of Lalithaa is said to be critical, while the others are out of danger.
The Mantharakuppam police registered a case under Section 174 (suspicious death) of the Code of Criminal Procedure following a complaint by the village administrative officer. Police booked the shop owner, Nagarathinam, under Section 328 (causing hurt by means of poison with intent to commit an offence) of the IPC and arrested him. He was produced before a local court and was remanded in judicial custody.
District officials sealed the shop and collected samples of the soft drink from Anjapuli’s house. They also gathered all soft drink bottles belonging to the particular batch that killed the girl. They also raided nearby shops and seized more than 800 soft drink bottles which had crossed the expiry date.
Food safety officer (Cuddalore district) M P Raja confirmed that the contaminated soft drink cost the girl’s life. Officials will send the samples to the forensic laboratory in Villupuram. The deceased girl’s viscera have been preserved and will also be sent for a detailed analysis to ascertain the cause of her death.
Police said Anjapuli, a contract worker with the Neyveli Lignite Corporation, bought a 500ml soft drink from a shop in Sheplanatham village near Neyveli. After reaching home, he offered the soft drink to his daughters A Lalithaa, 10, A Abhirami, 8 and A Kausalya, 6 and son A Paramasivan, 3.
Within minutes of consuming the soft drink, the four children complained of stomach ache, nausea and vomiting. A panic-stricken Anjapuli took them to a doctor in Kurunjipadi, who referred the children to Cuddalore Government General Hospital, where Abhirami died.
The doctors on duty referred the other three children to Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (Jipmer), Puducherry. The condition of Lalithaa is said to be critical, while the others are out of danger.
The Mantharakuppam police registered a case under Section 174 (suspicious death) of the Code of Criminal Procedure following a complaint by the village administrative officer. Police booked the shop owner, Nagarathinam, under Section 328 (causing hurt by means of poison with intent to commit an offence) of the IPC and arrested him. He was produced before a local court and was remanded in judicial custody.
District officials sealed the shop and collected samples of the soft drink from Anjapuli’s house. They also gathered all soft drink bottles belonging to the particular batch that killed the girl. They also raided nearby shops and seized more than 800 soft drink bottles which had crossed the expiry date.
Food safety officer (Cuddalore district) M P Raja confirmed that the contaminated soft drink cost the girl’s life. Officials will send the samples to the forensic laboratory in Villupuram. The deceased girl’s viscera have been preserved and will also be sent for a detailed analysis to ascertain the cause of her death.
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