15 students, who consumed lizard-afflicted midday meal, fell sick in the Penumarthy village of Gurla Mandalam in Vijayanagaram district today.

All the affected students were admitted into a private hospital at Garividi nearby. Villagers said that no one found the presence of a dead lizard in the food served to the students. The students had consumed their food in their lunch time as usual but soon after consuming the poisonous food, they complained of vomiting and serious stomach pain.

School officials had rushed them to the hospital and more details of this tragic incident are yet to pour in. Senior police and civil officials from Gurla are camping both at the hospital and school.