Vaishali: In a heart-wrenching incident, an FIR has been lodged against 39 people in Harivanshpur in Vaishali district on Tuesday after they protested the lack of water supply and death of several children due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in the area.

"Our children died. We did a gherao, but the administration has filed an FIR against us. Men against whom the FIR has been registered have left the village. They were the only breadwinners," said a relative of a person against whom the FIR was registered.