Summary:
more-inCID sleuths visited Vidya Varidhi International School in Chikkanayakanahalli taluk of Tumakuru district recently to probe the case of alleged food poisoning in which four persons, including three students, lost their lives. Former BJP MLA Kiran Kumar, who owns the school, confirmed that sleuths had visited their school as the government had handed over the inquiry to the CID on July 5. About the incidentThree residents of the boys' hostel of Vidya Varidhi International School allegedly died of food poisoning on March 9, 2017. The deceased were Y.
Shreyas, 8th standard student from Thimmanahalli in Chikkanayakanahalli taluk; Akanksh Pallakki, 10th standard student from Thimmanahalli in Chikkanayakanahalli; and Shantha Murthy, 10th standard student from Srirampura in Hosadurga taluk of Chitradurga district. The school management had not taken permission to run a hostel for boys..