50 school kids affected by gas in school lab

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At least 50 schoolchildren were affected and taken to a hospital after a bottle of chemical fell in the school laboratory on Friday.

Police said the incident occurred in a private institution, Indian School of Excellence, in Toli Chowki this morning, affecting

50 children, four of them, seriously.

The students were taken to nearby hospitals where they were given oxygen on

the complaint of difficulty

in breathing.

As the news spread, parents also rushed to the school and protested with the

management. Revenue officials said that the school was running higher classes without permission.

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