Jashore, April 3 -- Police detained a fuchka vendor in connection with the sickness of over 200 people who allegedy ate the street snack sold by him in Jashore's Abhaynagar upazila on the day of Eid-ul-Fitr.

The detainee is Monir Hossain from Dakuria Uttarpara village in Manirampur upazila.

Abhaynagar police station's Inspector (investigation) Shuvro Prokash Das said they detained him from his village on Wednesday night, two days after the incident.

One of the victims- Maulana Tanjim Hossain - filed a case against him under the Food Safety Act with the police station after the detention, the OC said.

On March 31, over 200 people, including women and children, allegedly fell sick after eating fuchka at an Eid fair in Abhaynagar.

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