Not only the devotees, but also over 60 birds and animals, which consumed tomato bath prasadam waste at Sulwadi, were found dead in the surroundings of the Temple, thus lending more credence to speculations that the prasadam had been poisoned.
These birds and animals, most of them street dogs, has consumed the ‘prasadam’ after a few devotees had thrown at sensing pesticide or kerosene smell. All the birds and animals, which consumed the prasadam, died a traumatic death some time later. While some birds, most of them crows, fell dead close to the temple, some of them were found dead under nearby trees, and a few others in bushes, it is learnt.
