Bihar mid-day meal tragedy: Complaint case against Nitish Kumar

Chappra: A complaint case was filed on Monday against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Education Minister PK 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 AK 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. PTI