Patna HC flags recovery of 'small snakes' in mid-day meal case of Saharsa

PATNA: Patna High Court has flagged the recovery of "small snakes" from food plates in one of the two government schools in Bihar's Saharsa district, where a total of 189 children fell ill after consuming mid-day meals earlier this month.

Hearing a PIL, a bench of justices Rajeev Ranjan Prasad and Mohit Kumar Shah also raised questions over alleged discrepancies in the collection and testing of food samples in the case.

The children fell ill on May 7 after consuming food served under the PM POSHAN scheme in schools at Baluaha and Chandrayan villages in Saharsa district. In an order dated May 19, the bench referred to a forensic inspection report mentioning recovery of "small snakes" from food plates at a government middle school in Baluaha village.