Star Report

At least eleven people, including two students of a private university and three staffers of a media organisation, have died allegedly from alcohol poisoning in Dhaka and Bogura district over the last 48 hours.

A dozen other employees of the media organisation have been admitted in hospitals, while two of them are undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit.

Police said they are investigating the incidents.

In Dhaka, around 41 employees of the media organisation went to a resort in Gazipur last Friday for an office tour, according to sources.

Some had alcoholic beverages and got sick. They returned to Dhaka for treatment, a team member, preferring anonymity, told The Daily Star.

After returning to Dhaka, many were hospitalised for poisoning. While undergoing treatment, two employees died on Sunday and another died yesterday, said the team member, who also received treatment after having the drinks.

Around 10 employees of the organisation are still undergoing treatment at different city hospitals and two are in the ICU, said another staffer.

“We are now providing blood samples to check the source of poisoning,” he said.