Birthday girl dies after eating cake ordered online in Patiala

A birthday celebration turned tragedy for a family in Punjab after their 10-year-old girl died after eating a cake suspected to be poisoned.

The girl's grandfather said that the entire family, including her younger sister, fell ill after consuming the cake.

According to NDTV, the cake was allegedly ordered online from a bakery in Patiala. The incident happened on March 24 when Manvi was celebrating her birthday.

The whole family, including Manvi, started vomiting soon after. Manvi complained of dryness in her mouth and then went to sleep.

But her health deteriorated the next day, following which she was taken to a hospital. Hours later, she was declared dead.

The family has filed an FIR against pastry shop 'Cake Kanha', claiming that the chocolate cake they ordered was laced with some poisonous substance.

"The postmortem of the body has been done. A sample from the cake has also been sent for testing. We are awaiting the reports," police told NDTV.

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