GORAKHPUR: Police have lodged an FIR against a class VII student for allegedly mixing poison in the mid-day meal (MDM) at a primary school in Bauli village of UP's Deoria district on Tuesday to avenge her brother's murder on the school campus a few days ago. Samples of the food have been sent for laboratory tests and report is expected by Saturday.Police said the school cook on suspicion had stopped the students from eating the food and reported the girl to the school authorities. Bankata SHO Devendra Singh Yadav said, "A case has been registered against the girl on Wednesday under sections 328 and 511 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on the basis of a complaint filed by school principal Bhrigunath Prasad.""According to school authorities, the girl reportedly wanted to avenge the death of her younger brother, who was murdered allegedly by a class V student of the same school on April 2. We have detained the girl and preparing to send her to a juvenile home," he said and added that police have also sent a sample of the food for testing and a report is awaited. District Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) officer R C Pandey said: "A sample of the pulse prepared as MDM has been sent for testing and it will take at least three to four days before we get the report." As per police reports, on Tuesday around 10.30am, the cook of the school Radhika was serving rice to the children when she noticed the accused girl going inside the kitchen. After getting the information, a team from FSDA, basic shiksha adhikari Prabhat Srivastav, community health centre (CHC) in charge Dr B N Yadav and SHO Devendra Singh Yadav reached the school and detained the girl and her mother.

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