Birbhum: Several students of Mandalpur Primary School in Dheka area of the Mayureshwar II block were hospitalised on Monday afternoon after consuming lentils from a pan that also cooked a small snake with it in their midday meal provided by the government.
All the students were immediately rushed to the Rampurhat Medical College Hospital. All were later discharged
The officials said that around 20 of the total 53 students present in the school at the time ate the mid-day meal. The horror came to the fore after a school staff who cooked the mid-day meal claimed that a snake was found in one of the containers of the lentils.
"All the children were immediately rushed to the Rampurhat Medical College Hospital after they fell ill," said one of the staff members.
As the news spread, the villagers gathered at the school. "The guardians gheraoed the headmaster of the school and vandalised his two-wheeler...We rushed to the spot and rescued the headmaster," the police said.
Praloy Naik, Chairman Primary Education Board, went to review the health of the students at the Rampurhat Medical College Hospital.
"It happened in Mandalpur Primary School. There has been negligence and the cooks who are serving and cooking food should be more aware and alert. All the students were taken to a hospital. I also went to the hospital and talked to the parents. Students are fine now," said Naik. (with ANI inputs)
