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

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ANI Tumkur (Karntaka) [India]

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.

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First Published: Mar 09 2017 | 1:16 PM IST

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