Hathras (UP), Oct 25 (PTI) A woman died, and about a dozen villagers, including children, fell seriously ill after consuming temple offerings (prasad) in a village under the Sikandrarao police station area, police said on Saturday.

According to local sources, residents had placed several boxes of sweets at a temple on the village outskirts as a festive ritual.

On Thursday, devotees distributed the sweets among themselves. Soon after consuming them, 12 to 15 people started experiencing severe stomach pain, vomiting, and diarrhoea, the sources said.

One of the victims, Munni Devi (55), succumbed to the ailment on Saturday morning, police said.

The other affected individuals were taken to various hospitals, including S N Medical College in Agra and Sikandrarao Community Health Centre, for

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