Overview

• Eleven students from the Government Urban Residential School in Bhupalpally were hospitalized after drinking water suspected to be tainted with pesticide.
• All affected children were kept under observation and then discharged after 24 hours, according to the hospital superintendent.
• Police detained science teacher Rajender for questioning after students alleged he mixed pesticide into a water tank and tried to hide evidence on dorm blankets.
• Officials registered a criminal case and suspended three teachers, including the accused, as well as a cook, while forensic and police investigations proceed.
• Reports cite student accounts of staff feuds and a possible personal motive to frame colleagues, with one outlet saying the teacher also drank the water to deflect suspicion.