Overview
- A district team led by BSA Rahul Mishra and the Sadar SDM visited the Mahoba school and recorded statements from teachers, the cook, and local committee members, with a detailed report to be sent to the district magistrate and education department.
- A mobile video purportedly shows a cook pouring two 500 ml milk packets into a water-filled bucket while the teacher in charge is heard telling students to drink, with about 50 children reportedly served.
- Teacher in charge Monika Soni was suspended with immediate effect and attached to another school, and teacher Ram Prakash Kushwaha has been given charge of the campus.
- District magistrate Gazal Bharadwaj confirmed a preliminary probe and ordered a detailed magisterial inquiry into possible violations of mid-day meal norms requiring 200 ml of pure or packaged milk per child.
- The BSA suggested staff disagreements at the school may have preceded the episode but called it a serious lapse, as online criticism mounted and comparisons were drawn to a similar 2019 case in Sonbhadra.