Poison contaminated food at function attended by Rajapakse -Who poisoned whom?
Monday 7 of May 2012

First time poisoned food served at a Govt. function -38 hospitalized

(Lanka-e-News-07.May.2012, 11.30PM) Was there a conspiracy to poison Mahinda Rajapakse? Or did the President’s group engage in a conspiracy to kill the people by poisoning them? This is a big question mark preying on the minds of the people. At the function attended by President yesterday (06) , at Mahiyangana at the 18th bend , to hand over the renovated road at the 18th bend to the people , 40 persons who participated in the event have been admitted to the Hospital following food poisoning. After the inauguration of the road at the 18th bend , those participants at the event had been served with meals. The President however had not partaken of any meals , surprisingly. The people who ate the food at the function had begun incessant vomiting and diarrhea. 38 of them who were critical were admitted to the Ududambara Hospital. Those who turned for the worse were transferred to the Kandy Hospital. Ududambara Hospital spokesman speaking to Lanka e news said, it had been confirmed that food served at the Govt. function had been contaminated with poison. This is the first time at a Govt. function food had been contaminated with poison. Never had this happened in SL before. It is therefore most serious . The people of the area are of the view that somebody or group with the aim of harming and hurting the President had deliberately done this , or somebody or group of the President had done this deliberately to inflict suffering on the villagers. A SLFP front liner who is antagonistic to the MaRa regime speaking on this incident made a rudely startling comment : anybody who is eating from the Rajapakses should be ready to eat even the poison the Rajapakses serve. The Public health inspectors have begun an investigation into this food poisoning. The irony of this whole deadly poisoning episode is , while the food being served at the function where Rajapakse attended was contaminated with poison , 800 health Inspectors had also been doing their inspection rounds at 6119 dansalas during this Wesak. They had detected that the food served at 192 dansalas were unfit for consumption , and food at 37 dansalas had to be discarded, the media reported.