‘Milk poison' rumour creates panic in Mangalore

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Nandini-milk

Mangalore, August 20: The people in Mangalore and other parts of Dakshina Kannada district panicked on Monday after rumours that the Nandini milk had been poisoned.

Despite the ban on bulk SMSes and MMSes the rumour engulfed entire coastal district and spread to neighbouring districts too within hours, as most of the people in the region are dependent on Nandini milk.

As the `poison' rumour spread, it took on variations. Some had it that poison had been thrown into the milk by miscreants, others spoke of how some people had `fainted' and had `vomited' after drinking milk from Nandi packet in and around Mangalore. Some even spoke about children being hospitalised in the town of Ullal after drinking milk.

Print and electronic media offices in the city including 'Coastaldigest.com' too were kept busy answering calls from frantic citizens who wanted to know the truth of the matter. Such calls also brought in reports that some prominent personalities in some villages of Dakshina Kannada district “informing” the people that the Nandini milk had been poisoned and that people should desist from using it.

Harried KMF officials kept on asserting that Nandi milk packets were clean and safe. However, this did not prevent some people throwing milk packets in some places.

Raviraj Hegde, the president of the Dakshina Kannada Milk Producer's Cooperative Union Limited (DKMPCUL) brushed aside the rumours saying that some miscreants deliberately spreading such rumours to create confusion among people.

“Please don’t pay heed to any such poisonous rumours. Nandi milk is safe to drink”, he said.

Comments

-1 #14 ajju mohammed, mangalore — 2012-08-21

you should confirm and then publish the matter

+6 #13 Banatwala, mangalore — 2012-08-20

How beautiful is Quran (the divine scripture) verse "O ye who believe! if a wicked person comes to you with any news, ascertain the TRUTH, lest ye harm people unwittingly, and afterwards become full of repentance for what ye have done."(Q49:6)
We should take heed of this instruction in our practical life and avoid rumours as far as possible.

+2 #12 amin soumya, mangalore — 2012-08-20

Akshatha shetty, dnt blame any partys or religious activities...1st u need to knw the things about gng on haywire...dnt pass any comments...everybdy knws wats gng on Y u ppl r nt thinkg abt the bomb blasters n terrorists...????

+1 #11 Hani, Mangalore. KSA — 2012-08-20

Looks like it is pre-planned rumours. Officially it was declared that Monday is Eid Day. May be some miscreants might have planned to spoil the eid day celebrations.
Government should seriously think of such a rumours ; it is very danger due to present internet, mobile, sms etc...
it may lead one day for more disaster like communal riots etc... Precaution is better than cure. Central Government perticularly must take serious measure to curb such illegal activities.

-2 #10 saloni, mangalore — 2012-08-20

you should confirm and then publish the matter

0 #9 Muhammed, manjeshwara — 2012-08-20

confusion and tension everywhere. need to find a proper solution

+2 #8 sameer, manjeshwara — 2012-08-20

Shun milk. drink water more.

+2 #7 Raju, Manipal — 2012-08-20

this type of rumors are very harmful for the state same like assam people are suffering from it ..catch the miscreants who spread those type of unusable rumors .

+2 #6 Pavithra, Suratkal — 2012-08-20

please thing about poor people they even hard to find cup of tea everyday

0 #5 Narayan Salian, Udupi — 2012-08-20

miscreants doing such rumors for to low down the milk price ....KMF should think about it how common people are suffering from milk price hike

0 #4 ramesh, mangalore/dubai — 2012-08-20

send all milk packet to lab let them make all kind of testing. then we can trust which report is correct.
akshatha shetty . what is the link b/w RSS, VHP, Bhajrang Dal, KFD with this milk product?

0 #3 Avinash Poojary, mangalore — 2012-08-20

Rumours, which are aplenty, cannot be controlled. No point in appealing to the people to stop rumour mongering.

0 #2 Preethi, Mangalore — 2012-08-20

District administration and KMF officials should instill confidence in the people.

+3 #1 Akhstha Shetty, Mangalore — 2012-08-20

Rumour spreaders should be identified and possibly jailed. Its a conspiracy to spoil the mental peace of DK people. Communal forces like RSS, VHP, Bhajrang Dal, KFD may be responsible for this.

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