2-year-old dead, several babies ill due to food poisoning at shelter home in West Bengal’s Nadia district

A two-year-old baby died and several others fell ill allegedly due to food poisoning at a shelter home in Nadia district of West Bengal on Monday.

A two-year-old baby died and seven others fell ill at a shelter home in West Bengal's Nadia district on Monday allegedly due to food poisoning, officials said. The incident happened at the shelter home in Ranaghat's Rabindra Sarani area, District Magistrate Partha Ghosh said. The shelter home is run by NGO State Adopted Agency and total 16 babies live there, he said. However, sources said that the number of babies taken ill is more and the toll may rise as a few babies are critical.They are undergoing treatment at the Ranaghat Anulia Hospital, Ghosh said.