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<\/div>\nA police officer said the guardians gheraoed the headmaster of the school.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Several school children were hospitalised in West Bengal’s Birbhum district after consuming food in which a snake was allegedly found, officials said.<\/p>\n
Around 30 students of a primary school in Mayureswar block in the district fell ill after consuming the food served to them in mid-day meal on Monday, they said.<\/p>\n
A school staffer who had prepared the meal also claimed that a snake was found in one of the containers filled with lentils.<\/p>\n
“We had to rush the children to Rampurhat Medical College and Hospital as they started vomiting,” he said.<\/p>\n
Block Development Officer Dipanjan Jana told reporters that complaints have been received from several villagers about children falling sick after eating the mid-day meal.<\/p>\n
“I have informed the district inspector of primary schools who will visit on January 10,” Mr Jana said.<\/p>\n
All the children, barring one, have been discharged from hospital, the official said, adding, he is out of danger.<\/p>\n
A police officer said the guardians gheraoed the headmaster of the school and vandalised his two-wheeler.<\/p>\n
The gherao was later lifted, he said.\u00a0
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