Two months after it first struck, shawarma has turned villain once
again. A Plus One student who reportedly consumed shawarma from an
eatery on Kozhikode Railway Station Link Road has been admitted to a
hospital at Changanassery, in critical condition. The licence of
the restaurant has been cancelled after seizing stale food items in a
raid conducted by the Food and Safety officials. According to the
Food and Safety officials, a student of Silver Hills High School and
native of Kovoor, Aadhil Mohammed, 16, bought shawarma from Hot Buns
Arabian Restaurant on his way to Changanassery on Friday, to participate
in an interschool basketball tournament. He consumed shawarma during
his journey in train at around 7 pm.
Aadhil was admitted to a
private hospital in Changanassery, after he felt uneasiness and started
vomiting. Later, it was found that the he was affected by food poison
through the shawarma he had consumed.
Subsequently, Food and
Safety officials reached the restaurant and conducted search. Meanwhile,
the employees of the eatery allegedly manhandled the officials and
mediapersons who arrived at the spot hearing the incident.
AIYF and Yuvamorcha activists held a protest rally in front of the restaurant and a tense situation prevailed in the area.As
the protest and raid were on, Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samithi
asked the shop owners to down the shutters in protest against the raid.
Meanwhile, the DYFI activists held a rally urging the owners to open
shops.They warned that if the shops were not open then, it would
not be allowed to open from the next day onwards. Police officials from
Town Police station reached the spot. Later, KVVES called off the stir.Food
and Safety officials said that they had received more than three
complaints regarding the food items served in the same restaurant in a
period of one month. They also informed that they would file a case
against the KVVES members who manhandled them when they were on duty at
the restaurant. A 21-year-old Hotel Management graduate Sachin Mathew
had died in July owing to food poisoning caused by shawarma. The
incident resulted in a temporary ban on shawarma
Source:http://newindianexpress.com
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