Pesticide Suspected In Tomato Rice Prasad That Killed 11 In Karnataka | Read
Two people have been arrested after 11 people died and over 90 were hospitalised after consuming religious food offering - or prasad - at a temple in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar district on Friday, a minister in the state cabinet said. Devotees at Kichu Maranda temple, around 160 km from Bengaluru, were poisoned after eating a rice-based offering. A devotee who was present at the temple said they were given tomato rice and flavoured water. Among the dead are two children.
