Post-mortem confirms food poisoning as cause of minors’ death at Karachi restaurant

KARACHI: Two minors died after having a meal at a restaurant in Karachi’s posh area on Saturday and post-mortem revealed food poisoning as cause of their death, ARY News reported.

Two kids accompanying their family came for a dinner at a known restaurant at Zamzama, DHA, however, after having food their health deteriorated. The kids were immediately rushed to hospital where they died shortly afterwards. One-year-old Ahmad, and five-year-old Muhammad, both sons of Ahsan were the residents of Creek Vista.

Senior doctors at the Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Center described food poisoning as the reason of children’s death after conducting post-mortem of the bodies.

Mother of the children was also hospitalized however her condition was later stated out of danger. Bodies of both the kids were later handed over to their parents.

Inspector General Sindh Police Kaleem Imam has taken notice of the incident and sought details from SSP South in this regard.

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has also taken notice of the deaths and sought a comprehensive report from commissioner Karachi into the incident.

The CM has sought details of last food inspection at the restaurant. Four workers of the restaurant were taken into custody and interrogated by the police.