K’taka: Ex-MLA in dock after 3 students die of food poisoning in his school

Tumkur: A case has been registered in Karnataka’s Huliyar Police Station after three students died of food poisoning at a boarding school in Tumkur.

The incident took place in Vidhyavaridhi International Boarding school in Tumkur’s Chikkanayakana Halli.

The students who died due to food poisoning are Shanthamurthy, Aakansha Pallakki and Shreyas.

One more student and a guard are undergoing treatment. The boarding school belongs to ex-MLA Kiran Kumar.

An investigation is underway.

PTI