Tag: Mango Kernel

Bhubaneswar: At least two persons died and six fell severely ill after allegedly consuming mango kernel gruel in Odisha’s tribal-dominated Rayagada district, an official said on Saturday. Six persons have been admitted to a community hospital in Kashipur block of the district. While a minor boy had died on Thursday, a 60-year-old man passed away […]

Nabarangpur: Three persons died while another person is still critical and undergoing treatment after consuming mango kernel at Mainapadar village under Jharigaon block of the tribal dominated Nabarangpur district of Odisha today. As per sources, all the four belong to the same family. Initially two persons died while the other two were rushed to Nabarangpur […]

It all sounds so eerily familiar. Three members of a tribal family die in a span of 18 hours after consuming a gruel made of fermented mango kernel in Mainapadar village in Jharigaon block of Nabarangpur district. And within an hour or so of the last of the three deaths, a minister is quick to […]