A 14-year-old girl in Tamil Nadu's Namakkal died on Monday after suffering from food poisoning after eating a chicken shawarma on Sunday. The girl along with her family had eaten a chicken shawarma after her father brought home several non-vegetarian food items from a restaurant.😱

On the same night, the girl was taken to a hospital for food poisoning, her family said. Although she returned home soon after, she died on Monday.

The police said that 13 medical students had fallen ill after eating non-vegetarian food from the same restaurant and were undergoing treatment.

Officials immediately held a raid on the restaurant, collected food samples and detained three men. A food safety team also traced where the chicken was procured from, as those who got food poisoning after eating grilled chicken, tandoori chicken or shawarma.

An investigation is underway in the case.✅️