About a dozen children reportedly fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal at a Bhainsoda government school in Berasia block of state capital; SDM suspended the group involved in providing mid-day meals.
The students were admitted at hospital after they reported illness and it was caused due to having a mid-day meal on Friday.
After the matter came to light, the SDM inspected the school on Saturday. At present, the cooking group has been suspended. From Monday the new group will cook. The police are also probing the matter.
On Thursday too, 20 children reported illness but no action was taken even after a complaint.
SDM Aditya Jain said that two children were admitted to the hospital. At the same time, teacher Rajni Thakur said that about 20 children reported illness after consuming the food.
The matter pertains to Government Primary School Bhainsoda, Berasia. It is said that on Thursday afternoon the children had eaten the mid-day meal. After that, the health of about a dozen children deteriorated and they were admitted to the hospital.
After the matter came to light, the District Panchayat team inspected the hospital and the school on Saturday. It has been revealed that children are being served stale food.
According to a teacher, complaints have been made several times to Yogesh Saxena, the mid-day meal in-charge of Berasia, but no action was taken.
Berasia police station in-charge Girish Tripathi said that the investigation report has been received due to which there was no FIR in the matter. Further action will be taken only after the report comes.