Chintamani: Two women died and 11 others, including two children, have been hospitalised after they allegedly consumed ‘kesari bath’ that had been distributed as ‘prasadam’ at a temple in Chintamani town in Chikkaballapura district on Friday night. This is the second incident in a little over a month where the consumption of temple offerings has taken a tragic turn. In Dec., 2018, 17 people died after they consumed ‘prasadam’ that had been deliberately poisoned at Kichuguth Sulwadi Maramma Temple in Hanur of Chamarajanagar.
“Our initial investigation, however, does not point to the use of poison or pesticide,” said the Police, who suspect that the ‘prasadam’ had been prepared using “expired ingredients.”
