On 16 July 2013, 23–27 students died, and dozens more fell ill at a primary school in the village of Gandaman in the Saran district of the Indian state of Bihar after eating a Midday Meal contaminated with pesticide. Angered by the deaths and illnesses, villagers took to the streets in many parts of the district in violent protest. Subsequently, the Bihar government took a series of steps to prevent any recurrence of such incidents.
Police have arrested the head teacher of Ta’aliim Primary School and Quran Memorisation Centre in Kisaasi following the deaths of four female pupils in a suspected poisoning incident.
Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Rachael Kawala said investigations had commenced to establish the...
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