Team to enquire alleged refusal of mid-day meal by students A three-member high-level team was set up to enquire into the alleged refusal by about 500 students of Pahar Middle school at Keradari block in Hazaribagh district to take mid-day meals because the food was prepared by ‘dalit cooks’.
“A three-man team headed by Deputy Development Commissioner Hazaribagh, has been set up to look into it, and
has been asked to submit a report within three days,” Hazaribagh Deputy Commissioner Manish Ranjan told reporters
here.
The enquiry was ordered after school Headmaster Tulsi Sao informed the matter to the administration.
Anita Devi and Jitni Devi were appointed cook by the Gram Siksha Samiti on March 27 after the posts for cooks fell
vacant, Sao, also the secretary of the managing committee to oversee mid-day meal, said.
Stating that the students had allegedly refused to take meals yesterday, Sao said even ward member Umera Khatun, who was one of the signatories in their appointments, joined the students.
“We are trying to identify who instigated the students to boycott meals, and then we will submit a separate report to the deputy commissioner and the police to initiate action against the guilty,” the headmaster said.
