A girl student died while over 60 other girl students, a teacher and a school guard were taken ill after consuming contaminated food at the Kendua Sevashram under the Ranpur police station in Nayagarh district on Saturday night.
According to reports, 62 students of the Sevashram fell sick after taking dinner in their hostel. The Sevashram authorities rushed the students to the Government hospital at Tangi after some of them suffered from vomiting, loose motion and high fever. However, one of them, Mini Majhi from the Gajapati district, died on her way to the hospital.
Till reports last came in, 30 students were still undergoing treatment at the Tangi hospital while the conditions of six students were stated to be critical.