Insecticide found in meal that killed 23 Indian pupils

PATNA: Oil used to cook a school lunch that killed 23 pupils in eastern India contained a “highly toxic,” concentrated form of insecticide, a forensic report and police said on Saturday.

The children died after eating lentils, potatoes and rice cooked at the school on July 16 with oil containing an agricultural insecticide that was five times the strength sold in the market place, the report said.