Lucknow: Hot oil from a cauldron was poured on a Class IV student in an Uttar Pradesh school yesterday, when the boy asked for lunch provided under the government-sponsored mid-day meal scheme, officials said.

Parents of the victim, residents of Taalagram village in Kannuaj district, alleged that a woman cook poured the hot oil on their child because he entered the school kitchen asking for the lunch, the officials said.

The incident took place in the Rasoolabad primary school in Kannauj.

The child received minor injuries and was discharged from a hospital after first aid.

"We are inquiring into the case. Action would be taken against the cook, if found guilty," said H S Shakya, district in-charge of primary education.

Tainted milk

Five children died and 66 fell ill of food poisoning at a residential school at Baridih  in Ranchi yesterday after drinking tainted milk. Hot oil poured on child seeking mid-day meal