http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Rumours-of-adulterated-Nandini-milk-causes-panic/articleshow/15568670.cms
Times
of India
20
August 2012
Jaideep
Shenoy, TNN
MANGALORE:
After preying on the battered psyche of students from the North-East, rumour
mongers had a field day targeting consumers of Nandini milk processed and
marketed by Dakshina Kannada Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd (DKMUL) on
Monday. A rumour that Nandini milk delivered to agents across Dakshina Kannada
and neighbouring Kasargod was adulterated (read poisoned) that spread as
wildfire was enough to cause panic. [...]
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/273046/rumours-poison-milk-trigger-panic.html
Deccan
Herald [India]
20
August 2012
Mangalore:
DH News Service
Rumours
of poison in Nandini milk triggered panic in the coastal district on Monday.
People woke up to phone calls from friends and relatives and news on the
television that their milk was poisoned.
Initially
rumours spread via SMSes that some people had died and a few more were
hospitalised after consuming Nandini milk in various parts of Dakshina Kannada.
[...]
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Rumours-of-poisoned-milk-and-toxic-henna-rock-state/articleshow/15578728.cms
Times
of India
21
August 2012
TNN
[...]
In Chikmagalur town, a vehicle went around the streets with a microphone asking
people not to buy milk, vegetables, curds, mehndi or perfume, saying they had
been laced with poison. According to witnesses, the announcement was made in
Urdu and in Kannada.
Chikmagalur
district police chief Shashi Kumar said some mosques in Chikmagalur asked the
community members to be cautious while using mehndi and perfume, but did not
include milk, curd or vegetables in the list.
