India school poisoning: head held

Meena Devi went on the run after the poisonings in the village of Dharmasati Gandaman, in Bihar state, on 16 July.

She surrendered today. Police say she is key to solving the mystery of how pesticide ended up in the food.

Sujeet Kumar, police chief of Saran district, where the children died, said: ?We have arrested her for questioning.?? The children ate the food, provided under India?s Mid-Day meal scheme for poor pupils, on July 16. They were aged between four and 10. Thirty are still in hospital.

Blood tests on four children indicated ?acute poisoning?. A forensic report showed oil that the food had been cooked in contained the pesticide monocrotophos, which is banned in many countries.

A government official said: ?The substance was more than five times the commercial preparation available on the market.?

Source: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/india-school-poisoning-head-held-8730329.html

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