Overview
- Children began reporting stomach pain, vomiting and fever after a midday meal served on Saturday, June 20, with parent and local accounts putting the number of affected pupils between about 62 and 150.
- Parents confronted school staff and staged protests on Monday, demanding an independent inquiry and testing of leftover food and water samples.
- District food-safety and health teams inspected the Jhalaria campus, collected 23 food and meal samples, sealed the school kitchen and reported finding expired spice packets and namkeen in the canteen.
- Officials have sent the samples for laboratory testing in Bhopal while the administration prepares a case; the school says it has opened an internal inquiry and disputes that its food is proven to be the cause.
- The incident has revived safety concerns at the school after a separate November 2025 classroom accident and could prompt tighter local oversight of school food and hygiene practices.