All the affected people from three villages had eaten prasad of soaked chickpeas, green moong dal and fruits at a religious function.

As the condition of the 400 patients admitted at the Goromur Hospital did not improve, Dr Mili said all of them were shifted to Jorhat Medical College Hospital in the district headquarters.
There are only four government doctors in the island and unable to handle the flow of patients. All the 22 children, shifted to JMCH yesterday, were stated to be stable by hospital superintendent Dr Bobijit Goswami.
All the affected people from three villages -Kakhorkotagoan, Pohumoragoan and Silakolagoan – had eaten prasad of soaked chickpeas, green moong dal and fruits at a religious function at the residence of a person in Kakohorkotagoan under Goromur Police Station yesterday.
Meanwhile, the district administration has instituted an enquiry and instructed the sub-divisional officer to probe the cause of the mass food poisoning in the world's largest river island, Jorhat district Deputy Commissioner Solanki Vishal Basant said.
Source-PTI