Bihar mid-day meal horror: Chhapra school principal arrested

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Patna: Police on Wednesday arrested the head of a government school in Bihar's Saran district, where 23 students died after eating mid-day meal tainted with pesticide, an officer told AFP. 
 
"The principal surrendered... and we have arrested her for questioning," said Sujeet Kumar, police chief of Saran district in Bihar state where the children died.
 
An arrest warrant was issued on Monday by a court against the absconding principal Meena Devi, six days after the tragedy.

The state government had also terminated the services of Block Education Extension Officer Satyendra Kumar Singh, who was responsible for monitoring the mid-day meal scheme at Dharmasati Gandaman primary school in Chhapra.
The Chief Judicial Magistrate Narendra Mohan Jha, on Monday, issued the warrant of arrest for Meena Devi, after being approached by the Saran police in connection with the mid-day meal tragedy last Tuesday.
An FIR was lodged against the principal under IPC sections 302 (murder) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy). Meena Devi, who has been suspended, was absconding along with her husband after the mid-day meal tragedy which raised food safety concerns.