A group of 12 persons hailing from Shaktikhor-2 of Chitwan district and has been working for the construction of canal at Ratnechaur had fallen sick after consuming meal including poisonous mushroom, said the Myagdi District Police Office.Among those fallen sick were Kamal Chetang, 30, Dal Bahadur Chetang, 20, Ramji Chetang, 65, Birbal Chetang, 15, Shanker Chetang, 14, Susmita Chetang, 22 and his one-year-old daughter Rajani Chetang, informed Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Hira Bahadur Giri. Among others are Sangeeta Chetang, 16, her two-year-old, Keshab Rai, 19, Sanjaya Magar, 13 and eight-year-old Kumar Magar of Shaktikhor, he added.
Five taken ill after consuming wild mushroom