After the girlfriend stabbing her husband to death incident, another absurd incident took place in Madhya Pradesh in a school. A class 8 student allegedly poisoned classmate by mixing mosquito repellent in water bottle, apparently envious of her for securing higher marks in exams,
According to the sources, the accused girl later allegedly tried to commit suicide, fearing police inquiry, and was stated to be serious. She put the liquid mosquito repellent into the water bottle of her classmate on Monday at their private school in the city. Later, the victim drank water from her bottle following which she complained of uneasiness and started vomiting that subsequently led to her admittance in hospital.
While the whole scenes behind her illness were revealed once the authorities went through the CCTV cameras, however, the Civil Lines police station in-charge Bhupendra Singh said. “Both the girls, aged around 13-14, study in the same class. After drinking water from her bottle, the victim suspected something unusual and told her friend that the water smelt like mosquito repellent. After she began to feel uneasy, the school administration informed her parents, who took her to a hospital.”
Disclosing the things discovered in the camera, one of the Singh said, “In the CCTV footage of the classroom, the accused girl was seen pouring the mosquito repellent into her classmate’s water bottle and then hiding it inside the bag of another student.”
Post the incident, the victim, in her statement, told police she suspects that what her classmate did was because she secured more marks than her in exams, he said.
On the other hand, the accused allegedly tried to end her life by consuming mosquito repellent at her house in the city on Tuesday, as she feared a police inquiry into the incident, read the reports.
“The accused also consumed mosquito repellent at her home and is currently admitted to district hospital in serious condition,” quoted Singh, however, a case was registered under IPC section 328 (causing hurt by means of poison) against the accused girl.