<p>Around 90 school children fell ill on Wednesday after drinking milk supplied as part of the school mid-day meal programme in Uttar Pradesh's Khairagarh town.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Senior officials including District Magistrate Pankaj Kumar and Senior Superintendent of Police Parminder Singh rushed to the school as over a dozen ambulances were pressed into service.<br /><br />The district magistrate has ordered an inquiry into the incident. Meanwhile, police said the person who supplied the milk is absconding.<br /><br />Parents accused village headman Holi Ram of supplying adulterated milk but the latter said he carefully supervised the process and it was "not his fault".<br /><br />Police said some children were rushed to the nearby public health centre, while others were sent to Agra district hospital and Sarojini Naidu Medical College.<br /><br />The condition of around 15 children continues to be serious. Khairagarh PHC's doctor in-charge Sanjay Solanki said there was something wrong with the milk.<br /><br />Milk samples were sent to the laboratory for detailed analysis. There have been a series of food poisoning cases in the state in Lucknow, Hapur, Chandauli and Muzaffarnagar.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Around 90 school children fell ill on Wednesday after drinking milk supplied as part of the school mid-day meal programme in Uttar Pradesh's Khairagarh town.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Senior officials including District Magistrate Pankaj Kumar and Senior Superintendent of Police Parminder Singh rushed to the school as over a dozen ambulances were pressed into service.<br /><br />The district magistrate has ordered an inquiry into the incident. Meanwhile, police said the person who supplied the milk is absconding.<br /><br />Parents accused village headman Holi Ram of supplying adulterated milk but the latter said he carefully supervised the process and it was "not his fault".<br /><br />Police said some children were rushed to the nearby public health centre, while others were sent to Agra district hospital and Sarojini Naidu Medical College.<br /><br />The condition of around 15 children continues to be serious. Khairagarh PHC's doctor in-charge Sanjay Solanki said there was something wrong with the milk.<br /><br />Milk samples were sent to the laboratory for detailed analysis. There have been a series of food poisoning cases in the state in Lucknow, Hapur, Chandauli and Muzaffarnagar.<br /><br /></p>