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Another Meghalaya student dies of food poisoning in Karnataka’s Malavalli

Shillong, Mar 18 (UNI) The death toll of Meghalaya students in the food poisoning in a Karnataka school rose to two with one more student succumbing at a private hospital in Mysuru.
The 12-year-old victim, reportedly from Nongstoiñ, the district headquarters of Meghalaya West Khasi Hills, died at Apollo Hospital, Mysuru on Monday night.
The incident occurred at Gokul Educational Institution’s residential school in T. Kagepura Village, Mandya district, Karnataka. The first victim, Khrehlang Khongtani, a Class VII student, died on Sunday.
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