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Mumbai: Chandni Shaikh's death leaves Sanjay Nagar sick with worry
Updated On: 11 August, 2018 08:10 AM IST | Mumbai | Laxman Singh
Hundreds more children take ill; anxious parents try to storm the school that distributed suspect medicines
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Chandni's sister, Sana Shaikh said several children had thrown their tablets away
Panic has gripped Sanjay Nagar after a 14-year-old, Chandni Shaikh, fell ill and died just days after popping pills distributed by the local civic school. As the news spread, hundreds of children were rushed to hospital with complaints of nausea and stomach ache, and angry parents tried to storm the school complex yesterday.
More than 1,200 children study in the Sanjay Nagar school complex in Govandi, which houses three different schools. Chandni was a student of the Sanjay Nagar Urdu Municipal School. Her younger sister Sana, who was also her classmate in std VI, told mid-day, "On Monday, we were given folic acid and deworming tablets at school, after which she fell sick. She was vomited continuously every time we gave her something to eat.
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