Mid-day meal lands 45 kids in hospital; school management booked

The police registered an FIR against a private school management after 45 children took ill due to suspected food poisoning following consumption of mid-day meal at the institution near Maharashtra’s Thane, an official said on Wednesday.

Initially, 38 students, aged between 8 and 11 years, were admitted to a civic hospital in Kalwa town after they complained of giddiness, nausea, headache and pain in the abdomen after lunch on Tuesday. Seven more children were hospitalised late night, taking the total number of minors admitted to the medical facility to 45, the official said.

Following a complaint by the parents of a child, the Kalwa police have registered an FIR against the school management and the food supplier. No arrest had been made so far and a probe was on into the case, the police added.