{"id":5110,"date":"2025-05-01T18:40:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/more-than-100-children-fall-sick-after-dead-snake-reportedly-found-in-school-lunch-in-india\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T18:40:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:40:29","slug":"more-than-100-children-fall-sick-after-dead-snake-reportedly-found-in-school-lunch-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/more-than-100-children-fall-sick-after-dead-snake-reportedly-found-in-school-lunch-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 100 children fall sick after dead snake reportedly found in school lunch in India"},"content":{"rendered":"
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India’s human rights body said Thursday it was investigating reports more than 100 children fell sick after eating a school lunch served after a dead snake was found in the food.<\/p>\n

“Reportedly, the cook served the food to the children after removing a dead snake from it,” the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)\u00a0said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The meal was served last week in a government-run school in the city of Mokama in Bihar, one of India’s poorest states, it said.<\/p>\n

The commission demanded local government officials and police investigate media reports that “more than 100 children fell ill” after eating the school lunch.<\/p>\n

About 500 children reportedly ate the meal, and the incident sparked angry demonstrations from the children’s families., the commission said.<\/p>\n

“The news about the children falling ill, due to the consumption of the midday meal, led to the blocking of the road by the protesting villagers,” it said.<\/p>\n

Free lunches are offered to millions of children in government schools throughout India, seen by authorities as a way to encourage children to continue their education.<\/p>\n

The free meals, known as the Mid-Day Meal, were first introduced for children from poor backgrounds in the southern city of Chennai (Madras) in 1925, according to the BBC<\/a>. However, there have been frequent complaints of poor food hygiene, the BBC reported.<\/p>\n

The commission said it demanded a “detailed report” from senior state officials and the police, to include “the health status of the children.”<\/p>\n

It said the report, if confirmed, poses the “serious issue of violation of the human rights of the students,” the statement added.<\/p>\n

In 2013, 23 schoolchildren died<\/a><\/span> after being served a meal laced with pesticides<\/a><\/span> in Saran district of Bihar. The disaster prompted the government to improve food safety in schools.<\/p>\n

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