At least two persons including a bridegroom died and 40 others among them women and children fell unconscious after taking poisonous soft drinks in a wedding ceremony in Wadh area of the district on Sunday. According to Levies sources, the bridegroom namely Shah Mir and other people including women and children were present in his marriage ceremony who consumed poisonous soft drinks at Aranji Shakloi area.
As a result, the bridegroom including a child died on the spot while 40 people among them women and children became faint. The bodies and the injured were shifted to nearby hospital. The bodies were handed over to the heirs after legal formalities.