Police in India have arrested the supervisor of a lodge after it allegedly served dry ice as mouth freshener to a bunch of diners.

Five individuals began vomiting, and their mouths began bleeding, after they consumed the sugar and spice combine, historically served after a meal.

Police say that the packet contained dry ice, a strong type of carbon dioxide used as a cooling agent.

All the purchasers needed to be hospitalised following the incident.

On Tuesday, police in Gurugram metropolis, the place the restaurant is situated, arrested its supervisor on fees of poisoning “with the intent to cause hurt or harm”.

A search can also be underway for the proprietor of the meals joint, who’s at present absconding.

Police stated that Ankit Kumar, a resident of Greater Noida metropolis, had visited the restaurant on Saturday alongside together with his spouse and buddies.

After dinner, a waiter supplied them a packet of mouth freshener. But as quickly as they consumed it, their mouths began burning and bleeding they usually additionally began vomiting, the police instructed BBC in a press release.

A video of the incident circulating on social media exhibits the purchasers screaming in ache – a few of them might be seen placing ice of their mouths and gulping water to eliminate the burning sensation.

In their criticism, the purchasers have additionally accused the restaurant workers of refusing to assist them.

A health care provider later examined the contents of the packet of mouth freshener and confirmed it contained dry ice, police stated.

The case is below investigation and the police stated they have been conducting a forensic evaluation of the contents of the mouth freshener.