Mid-Day Meal: Three-year-old girl died after falling in boiling pot in UP school

In a
shocking incident, a three-year-old girl died after falling into a boiling pot
of vegetables being cooked under the midday meal scheme at a school in Uttar
Pradesh’s Mirzapur district.

The incident
took place on Monday and the girl died during treatment.

The family
members of the child alleged the cook had earphones plugged in and did not pay
attention to the children who were playing dangerously near the stove. She did
not even realise when the child fell into the boiling pot.

The cook
noticed what had happened only after seeing screaming children run away from
the spot. She also ran away in panic.

District
magistrate Sushil Patel said that the headmaster of the school has been
suspended.

The girl
studied in the school with her two brothers.

The District
Magistrate said that an investigation into the incident had been ordered.

“An FIR
will also be filed. We have got information that there were six cooks at the
school and the accident happened due to negligence on their part,” the
District Magistrate said.