K'taka: EX-BJP MLA arrested after three students die of food poisoning

Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Kiran Kumar was on Thursday arrested in connection with the death of three students due to food poisoning at a boarding school in Karnataka.

Kumar is the owner of the Vidhyavaridhi International Boarding school in Tumkur's Chikkanayakana Halli where the three students died due to food poisoning.

A case has been registered in Karnataka's Huliyar Police Station in this regard.

One more student and a guard are currently undergoing treatment.

An investigation into the matter is underway.