TUMAKURU: The deaths of three children due to alleged food poisoning seems to have taken a twist with allegations of a conspiracy. Apart from the food poisoning angle, the police are expected to investigate the angle of a feud between former school principal Ravi Arasikere, who was ousted from the school sometime ago and owners K S Kiran Kumar and his wife Kavitha.
After eating rice with sambhar around 9 pm on Wednesday, Aakanksha Pallakki (16) and Shanthamurthy of Class 10 and Shreyas (14) of Class 8 complained of uneasiness.
Another student Sudarshan, studying in Class 8 and security guard Ramesh also showed similar symptoms and are undergoing treatment at the district general hospital here.
There were 30 students in the boarding school and the remaining 26 students had eaten chapathi that night. They did not complain about any problems. So, the curry which the victims consumed was seemingly the culprit and suspicion of it being laced with poison by outsiders has been raised.
Superintendent of Police Isha Pant who visited the school and inspected every nook and corner. clarified that the police will also probe the conspiracy angle and CCTV footages of the school have been collected.
“The trio were brought dead to the hospital around 4 am on Thursday and it’s clear that so much of time had lapsed by then without treatment,” she added.