More than 1,000 persons who were taken ill after consuming dinner at iftar party in Saifi Nagar late night on Sunday were rushed to the private hospitals.

The authorities and the doctors present on the spot claimed that the numbers are expected to rise.

ADM Dilip Singh, SP Kalyan Chakravarthy who reached the spot, claimed that the state medical teams have been called in for support and they are treating the people on the spot as well as at MY and other private city hospitals.