Several kids at a school in the Birbhum region of West Bengal reportedly became ill after eating a lunchtime meal on last monday in the afternoon, that contained a snake. The college and hospital in Rampurhat momentarily admitted the students.
The incident took place at Mandalpur Primary School in Dheka area of Mayureshwar II block where about 20 students ate the mid-day meal, local sources said. There are 53 students in the school. Villagers soon vandalised the headmaster’s car. Personnel from Mayureshwar police station rushed to the spot and rescued the headmaster.
The assistants who served the midday meal discovered a snake in one of the lentil-filled pots. Children who had already eaten had to be taken urgently to the hospital as they began throwing up. According to local accounts, all but one of the pupils was later released. It is stated that the patient, who is still in the hospital, is safe.
“Two women were cooking. Chameli Bagdi was serving the food. She saw a snake while serving lentils. One or two of them had just put it in their mouth. After they saw the snake, everyone was asked to stop eating,” headmaster Nimai Chandra Dey said.