A major revelation has emerged in the case of poisoning school meals in a government residential school in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh. On Wednesday, police arrested the assistant teacher accused of mixing phenyl in the food of 426 children. According to a police officer, the accused, Dhananjay Sahu, was arrested based on a complaint filed by the hostel superintendent, Dujal Patel. The arrested Dhananjay is an assistant teacher at the government residential Porta Cabin School for students in the village of Pakela in the district.
Police reported that a complaint was filed against him on Tuesday. The complaint alleged that assistant teacher Dhananjay Sahu, due to personal differences with hostel superintendent Patel, mixed phenyl in the vegetable cooked for the school students’ dinner on August 21st.
Afterwards, when a Porta Cabin employee noticed a foul smell in the food and saw empty phenyl bottles nearby, he was shocked. He immediately informed hostel superintendent Patel about this. Subsequently, the food was quickly and safely disposed of. The officer mentioned that Patel informed the senior officials about the entire incident, after which the Sukma District Magistrate ordered an investigation into the matter.
In fact, a dispute had been going on between teacher Dhananjay Sahu and hostel superintendent Dujal Patel for the past year. Initially, the accused teacher Dhananjay Sahu was the superintendent of this hostel. During this time, he had beaten a student. The student sustained serious injuries. After this, Dhananjay Sahu was removed from the post of superintendent. After which Patel was given this responsibility. That’s when he started getting annoyed with him. He committed the act due to this animosity.
Officials stated that Sahu’s role came to light in the investigation. They said that based on the investigation report, Patel lodged a complaint at the Chhindgarh police station, after which Dhananjay Sahu was arrested. The officials said that during interrogation, Sahu confessed to his crime. He told the police that he committed this crime due to some personal animosity with hostel superintendent Patel.
Police reported that Sahu is a resident of Patora village in Durg district of the state. A case has been registered against him under Section 109 (attempt to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). He was presented in court and then sent to judicial remand. Currently, the police are investigating all aspects of this case.
