The police in southern India arrested three people on Saturday after at least 11 died of suspected food poisoning following a ceremony to celebrate the construction of a Hindu temple. News reports in India said the suspected food poisoning was the result of pesticide contamination, but the police said it was too early to draw conclusions about the cause, according to Reuters. “We have sent the organs of the dead people and the poisoned food to the forensic laboratory,” Geetha M.S., a senior police officer, told Reuters. “Only after receiving the report can we say what went wrong.”Several crows and dogs were found dead after eating the food, the officer added. This would not be the first case of food poisoning in India to kill multiple people.

Source: New York Times December 15, 2018 16:52 UTC