AGRA: Investigation has been launched by police after un identified persons tried to mix rat poison in water supply of Madrassa chacha Nehru, run by Al Noor Charitable Trust, which is headed by Salma Ansari, wife of former Vice president of India Hamid Ansari.
The Madrasa houses 4,000 children.
Police have lodged an FIR in the case under IPC sections 328 (causing hurt by means of poison) and 506 (criminal intimidation) and are on the lookout for two unidentified persons.
“In the aftermath of this shocking incident we have decided to install CCTV cameras,” Salma was quoted of saying in news reports.
Aligarh senior superintendent of police Rajesh Pandey said, “Fortunately, a student spotted the miscreants and alerted the warden. We have collected water samples which will be sent to forensic science laboratory (FSL) for tests on Saturday.”
Times of India report quoted madrassa warden Junaid Siddiqui, who said that a student spotted two men mixing some tablets in the tank, on inquiring, the other suspect, sitting on the madrassa’s fence with a country-made pistol, threatened him to keep quiet. The suspects left rat poison wrapper behind.
“The water supply area was immediately cordoned off. And students were asked to drink water from other tanks in the premises,” the warden was quoted in TOI report.
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