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Last Updated: March 30, 2024, 20:57 IST
Patiala, India
In a video that went viral on social media, the girl named Manvi is seen cutting the cake and celebrating with her family just hours before her death. (Screen-grab via X)
In a tragic event in Punjab’s Patiala, a 10-year-old girl died from suspected food poisoning after eating cake ordered online for her birthday last week.
In a video that went viral on social media, the girl named Manvi is seen cutting the cake and celebrating with her family just hours before her death.
Describing the incident, the girl’s grandfather said the family ordered the cake around 6 pm and celebrated her birthday at 7 pm on March 24. By 10 pm that night, the entire family fell ill. The two younger daughters began vomiting. There were five people at home at the time.
Manvi asked for water, complaining of extreme thirst and a dry mouth. Later, she went to sleep. Fortunately, the youngest daughter Preman survived after vomiting the cake, he added.
As Manvi’s health deteriorated, the family rushed her to the hospital the next morning. She was put on oxygen and underwent an ECG (electrocardiogram), but unfortunately, she couldn’t be saved. She was declared dead soon after, her grandfather said.
The family has alleged that the chocolate cake, ordered from ‘Cake Kanha’ bakery in Adalat Bazaar, Patiala, contained a poisonous substance that led to her death, NDTV reported.
An FIR has been filed against the bakery owner. “The postmortem of the body has been done. A sample from the cake has also been sent for testing. We are awaiting the reports,” they stated.
