Four dead after Sunday meal

Police are investigating the sudden deaths of four people following a meal of curry chicken and rice during a Sunday lime at Barrackpore.

The four friends collapsed and died after ingesting a poisonous substance. Police are working on a theory that they drank pommerac wine and that the meal was laced with thinners.

They have been identified as Winston Seelal, 55, Nazim Mohammed, 40, Mahadeo Roopchand, 40, and Ramdeo Jugmohan, 49. Two of them were found lying in fetal positions next to each other on the floor of Seelal’s home. Another died lying face down in a drain near the house and the fourth victim was found in a fig patch nearby.

Police said they were vomiting and frothing from their mouths before they died. they are awaiting the results of autopsies