Thane: 125 persons suffer from food poisoning at pre-wedding event

As many as 125 persons took ill due to suspected food poisoning during a prewedding function in Maharashtras Thane district police said on Monday reported news agency PTIA haldi turmeric application ceremony was held on Sunday evening at a housing complex under Khadakpada police station limits in Kalyan town where guests were served food reported PTIShortly after the meal several attendees complained of nausea vomiting and stomach discomfort and were rushed to nearby hospitals and clinics for medical assistanceAround 100 to 125 people suffered food poisoning during the ceremony All of them received timely treatment and have returned home Deputy Commissioner of Police Kalyan ZoneIII Atul Zende said reported PTIA detailed inquiry into the incident was underway he addedThe caterer who supplied the food is from Ahmedabad and has been called for questioning an official from Khadakpada police station said reported PTISamples of the food served at the function have been sent for examination he saidTwo women arrested at Mumbai airport for illegal egg donation racketIn another case Sahar police has arrested two women at the Mumbai international airport after immigration officials uncovered an alleged illegal egg donation and surrogacy racket operating from Thane reported PTISunoti Belel 44 one of the accused allegedly provided unmarried women as egg suppliers to fertility centres in India and abroad Such women were shown as married with the help of forged documents as an unmarried woman can not donate her eggs under Indian law reported PTIBelel a Kalyan resident was detained after arriving from Bangkok around 130 pm on Friday About 30 minutes later another woman passenger Seema Vinzarat 29 a Thane resident arrived from Bangkok and was also detained for questioning reported PTIImmigration officer Vaibhav Bhosale stated in his complaint that he became suspicious when Belel failed to give satisfactory answers about her travel purpose to BangkokDuring interrogation officials learnt that Vinzarat had accompanied Belel to Bangkok as a donor for egg donation tests and was allegedly paid a substantial amount for the tripBelel told police that she along with absconding accused Sangita Bagul ran an agency named Elite Care in Thane which supplied egg donors and surrogate mothers to fertility centres in India and abroad reported PTIShe allegedly admitted to supplying unmarried women as egg donors by creating forged documentsUnder the Surrogacy Regulation Act 2021 a woman must be married and have at least one child of her own to donate eggs The Act also bans commercial surrogacy reported PTIVinzarat told police that she came into contact with Bagul in 2022 and through her sold her eggs at a hospital in Andheri She claimed to have travelled to fertility clinics in Kenya 2024 Kazakhstan February 2025 and Thailand January 2026 to sell her eggs with the help of Belel and Bagul although some attempts failed due to medical reasons reported PTIVinzarat allegedly sold her eggs by falsely declaring her marital status as marriedWe are ascertaining the total number of women involved in this racket a police official saidWith inputs from PTI