Bhadrak, Mar 9: As many as 11 students of a school were taken ill after eating a mid-day meal allegedly contaminated with a dead lizard on Saturday. The incidence was reported from the Elakha Primary School in Bhadrak.
As per reports, the students were served mid-day-meal today like every other day. However, after eating the meal, six students allegedly found a dead lizard in it.
Soon, the students who had already eaten the lizard-contaminated meal were taken ill. They complained of vomiting and nausea.
The students were immediately taken to Bhadrak Hospital where the doctors treated them.
Bhadrak MLA and CDMO reached the hospital after being informed about the lizard in mid-day-meal. He spoke with the ill students and assured a probe into the incident.