Complaint case against CM in midday meal tragedy

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Press Trust of India Chappra (Bihar)
Last Updated : Jul 22 2013 | 11:30 PM IST
A complaint case was filed today against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Education Minister P K Shahi and the absconding principal of the government school where 23 children lost their lives after eating a midday meal served to them.
Advocate Shashi Ranjan Pathak filed the complaint case against the three in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate A K Jha alleging criminal negligence which resulted in the tragedy.
The CJM ordered to tag the case with the one lodged in Mashrakh police station against the absconding principal, Meena Devi, in which the court today issued warrant of arrest against her.
District Magistrate of Saran, Abhijit Sinha, and district education officer of Mashrakh have also been made party in the case.
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First Published: Jul 22 2013 | 11:30 PM IST

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