Over 120 people, including women and children, were hospitalised with food poisoning after consuming foods made from contaminated buckwheat flour during Janmashtami celebrations in Mathura, officials said on Tuesday. The incident took place throughout numerous villages in the Farah police station area. Individuals who were fasting for Janmashtami suffered symptoms such as vomiting, dizziness, and shivering after consuming buckwheat flour-based 'puris' and 'pakodas', reported PTI. 

Priyanka, a teenager admitted to the government hospital, told PTI, "We had fritters made from buckwheat flour last night. After that, I started vomiting and felt a burning sensation in my stomach."