A 'haldi' (turmeric application) ceremony was held on Sunday evening at a housing complex under Khadakpada police station limits in Kalyan town, where guests were served food
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As many as 125 persons took ill due to suspected food poisoning during a pre-wedding function in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Monday, reported news agency PTI.
A 'haldi' (turmeric application) ceremony was held on Sunday evening at a housing complex under Khadakpada police station limits in Kalyan town, where guests were served food, reported PTI.
Shortly after the meal, several attendees complained of nausea, vomiting and stomach discomfort, and were rushed to nearby hospitals and clinics for medical assistance.
"Around 100 to 125 people suffered food poisoning during the ceremony. All of them received timely treatment and have returned home," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Kalyan Zone-III) Atul Zende said, reported PTI.
A detailed inquiry into the incident was underway, he added.
The caterer who supplied the food is from Ahmedabad and has been called for questioning, an official from Khadakpada police station said, reported PTI.
"Samples of the food served at the function have been sent for examination," he said.
Two women arrested at Mumbai airport for illegal egg donation racket
In another case, Sahar police has arrested two women at the Mumbai international airport after immigration officials uncovered an alleged illegal egg donation and surrogacy racket operating from Thane, reported PTI.
Sunoti Belel (44), one of the accused, allegedly provided unmarried women as egg suppliers to fertility centres in India and abroad. Such women were shown as married with the help of forged documents, as an unmarried woman can not donate her eggs under Indian law, reported PTI.
Belel, a Kalyan resident, was detained after arriving from Bangkok around 1.30 pm on Friday. About 30 minutes later, another woman passenger, Seema Vinzarat (29), a Thane resident, arrived from Bangkok and was also detained for questioning, reported PTI.
Immigration officer Vaibhav Bhosale stated in his complaint that he became suspicious when Belel failed to give satisfactory answers about her travel purpose to Bangkok.
During interrogation, officials learnt that Vinzarat had accompanied Belel to Bangkok as a donor for egg donation tests and was allegedly paid a substantial amount for the trip.
Belel told police that she, along with absconding accused Sangita Bagul, ran an agency named Elite Care in Thane which supplied egg donors and surrogate mothers to fertility centres in India and abroad, reported PTI.
She allegedly admitted to supplying unmarried women as egg donors by creating forged documents.
Under the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021, a woman must be married and have at least one child of her own to donate eggs. The Act also bans commercial surrogacy, reported PTI.
Vinzarat told police that she came into contact with Bagul in 2022 and, through her, sold her eggs at a hospital in Andheri. She claimed to have travelled to fertility clinics in Kenya (2024), Kazakhstan (February 2025), and Thailand (January 2026) to sell her eggs with the help of Belel and Bagul, although some attempts failed due to medical reasons, reported PTI.
Vinzarat allegedly sold her eggs by falsely declaring her marital status as married.
"We are ascertaining the total number of women involved in this racket," a police official said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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