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UP: School principal suspended after death of 5-year-old student; parents allege mid-day meal poisoning
 A primary school principal in Jaidopur has been suspended following the death of a student, who possibly choked on a fruit seed. The five-year-old girl s family, however, claim that she had died after eating khichdi served at the mid-day meal in the school.
District magistrate Aditi Singh said: Gunjan had reached school on Wednesday and had brought some jujube (ber) from home. After she consumed them, the fruit seed got stuck in her throat and she fell unconscious and later died.
The district magistrate said Gunjan s parents had later reached the school on Bansdeeh road with the girl s body and alleged that she had consumed khichdi in the mid-day meal that led to her death.
Principal suspended in UP after 5 yr old dies
By IANS| Published: 5th March 2021 9:59 am IST
Ballia (UP), March 5 : A primary school principal in Jaidopur has been suspended following the death of a student, who possibly choked on a fruit seed.
The five-year-old girl’s family, however, claim that she had died after eating ‘khichdi’ served at the mid-day meal in the school.
District magistrate Aditi Singh said: “Gunjan had reached school on Wednesday and had brought some jujube (ber) from home. After she consumed them, the fruit seed got stuck in her throat and she fell unconscious and later died.”
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BALLIA: A government primary school principal in Jaidopur here was suspended over the death of a student, possibly after choking on a fruit seed, officials said on Thursday.
The 5-year-old girl s family, however, claim that she had died after eating khichdi served at the mid-day meal in the school. Gunjan (5) had reached school on Wednesday and had brought some jujube (ber) from home. After she consumed them, the fruit seed got stuck in her throat and she fell unconscious and later died, district magistrate Aditi Singh said quoting a probe report of the Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA).
Updated Mar 04, 2021 | 16:41 IST
The principal said all students ate khichdi but nothing happened to any of them. A detailed probe is on in the matter. The sample of khichdi was also taken and BSA Shiv Narain Singh suspended principal Shiv Kumari Yadav in the matter for her laxity. | Photo Credit: ANI
Ballia: A government primary school principal in Jaidopur here was suspended over the death of a student, possibly after choking on a fruit seed, officials said on Thursday.
The 5-year-old girl s family, however, claim that she had died after eating khichdi served at the mid-day meal in the school.