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India: 10-year-old girl dies shortly after eating her birthday cake ordered online

India: 10-year-old girl dies shortly after eating her birthday cake ordered online

A 10-year-old girl passed away in Patiala

Last week, a 10-year-old in Punjab passed away from what appeared to be food poisoning after consuming a cake on her birthday. According to her grandfather, the girl's younger sister and the rest of her family fell sick after consuming the cake. He said the cake was ordered online from a bakery inPatiala.

Hours before her death, videos from Manvi's cake-cutting and birthday celebration with her family made rounds on social media platforms.

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According to her grandfather Harban Lal, the family ordered the cake around 6:00 pm and Manvi cut the cake around 7:00 pm on March 24. By 10:00 pm on the same night, Manvi's entire family fell sick, and the sisters started vomiting soon after. He added that Manvi was very thirsty and complained of having a dry mouth,she asked for water multiple times and went to sleep.

Her condition deteriorated even more the next morning on March 25 and the family took her to a hospital where she was put on oxygen and an ECG was performed. But unfortunately, doctors could not save her and she was declared dead on the same day, her grandfather added.

Manvi’s family has claimed that the chocolate cake they ordered from a nearby bakery called 'Cake Kanha' in Patiala may have been poisonous.

An FIR has been filed against the owner of 'Cake Kanha' and an investigation is underway. "The postmortem of the body has been done. A sample from the cake has also been sent for testing. We are awaiting the reports," police said.

(With inputs from agencies)

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