Two men die after eating Dahi Bhallay in Lahore

Two men lost their lives and another was hospitalised in critical condition after allegedly consuming contaminated food in Lahore's Hanjarwal area on Saturday.

According to police, the victims — identified as 56-year-old Muhammad Arshad and 30-year-old Muhammad Sajjad — fell unconscious shortly after eating Dahi Bhallay from a roadside cart.

Both men were rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors pronounced them dead on arrival.

A third man, 24-year-old Ali Sher, also consumed the food and remains under treatment on a ventilator, officials said.

Police shifted the bodies to the morgue for post-mortem examination and launched an investigation. However, the victims’ heirs later approached the authorities and declined to lodge a case.

Officials stated that further legal proceedings would be initiated after the autopsy report is received.