In a suspected case of food poisoning, nearly 100 people fell ill after consuming a local snack at a religious programme in a village in Ahmedabad district, an official said on Thursday.

Dr Chintan Desai, district epidemic medical officer, said 96 residents of Rajpura village under Detroj taluka were taken to hospital in the wee hours of Thursday after they fell sick on consuming 'sev-khamani' (a Gujarati snack) at the religious event on Wednesday night.