Since the food was very hot and the container made of plastic, it did not react well and was spoilt by the time it reached the event venue,” said a Khar police station officer.“The accused dumped the food in plastic Blackish Green PVC Floor Factory containers right after removing it from the stove.”. Ltd, promoters of Box8, they denied allegations that their company was at fault in any way. “It has to be noted that some other vendors had also supplied packaged food and soft drinks at the event, which were distributed to the students. While the police say that the accused is an employee of Box8 company, the company has said that their “internal investigation did not reveal any deficiency in preparation, packing and delivery of food”.Two days after nearly 20 students fell ill after allegedly consuming food at an event held in a city college, the Khar police has arrested the cook of the company, which catered the lunch at the event Two days after nearly 20 students fell ill after allegedly consuming food at an event held in a city college, the Khar police has arrested the cook of the company, which catered the lunch at the event.

The accused, who was arrested late on Saturday night, has been identified as Gopal Bhusan (36) and was employed as a cook by Box8, the food delivery service that the organisers had given the contract to. An official of the Khar police said Bhushan is originally from Nepal and a resident of Vikhroli. Confirming the arrest, Ramchandra Jadhav, senior inspector, Khar police station, said, “We think (the reason behind the food poisoning) was either due to hot food being transferred to plastic containers or due to the high temperature in summer that the food got spoilt. In a statement issued by Poncho Hospitality Pvt. The same is also corroborated by the organisers who have confirmed having tasted the Box8 food before distributing to the students,” it said.. He added the accused was the main cook and solely responsible for preparing the items and transferring them to the containers. We maintain that food prepared and packaged by Box8 was of good quality at the time of dispatch and delivery. On Thursday, as many as 50 students of Thadomal Shahani college in Khar and Lala Lajpatrai College, Tardeo were rushed to the hospital after they started feeling restless and nauseous post consuming the food served at an event.

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