Pune: 60 students fall ill after eating mid-day meal

Pune: About 60 students of a municipal school at Bopodi near Pune were hospitalised on Friday with symptoms of food poisoning after having mid-day meal, police said.

The students in the 8-10 years age group took ill after eating 'Khichdi" as mid-day meal in the Dr Zakir Hussain School, Education Department officials said.

None of the students admitted to a private hospital was in a serious condition, police said.

An official said a case would be registered against the caterer which the supply the food to the school.