Five persons, including three from a family in Tangmarg area were hospitalised on Tuesday after they were served tea mixed with some unknown “poisonous substance”, police said.
The incident occurred in Dobiwan village of northern Kashmirdistrict of Baramulla when an elderly woman prepared the tea and inadvertentlyput some poisonous substance in before serving it.
The five persons felt uneasy soon after drinking the tea andwere immediately taken to a hospital in Magam from where they were shifted toSrinagar for specialised treatment.
They included three members of a family and two neighbours,identified as Abdul Gani Sofi, his wife Saja and their son Farooq Ahmad Sofi,Ghulam Qadir Waza and Ghulam Mohammad Wani, all residents of Itkoo Dobiwan.