27 kids die in Bihar mid day meal tragedy

School children at a hospital after they fell sick having mid day meal at a village in Chapra district of Bihar on July 16, 2013. (Photo IANS)

School children at a hospital after they fell sick having mid day meal at a village in Chapra district of Bihar on July 16, 2013. (Photo IANS)

School children at a hospital after they fell sick having mid day meal at a village in Chapra district of Bihar on July 16, 2013. (Photo IANS)

School children at a hospital after they fell sick having mid day meal at a village in Chapra district of Bihar on July 16, 2013. (Photo IANS)

School children receive treatment at a hospital after falling ill soon after eating a free meal at a primary school in Chhapra district, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. At least 20 children have died and more are sick after eating free meals in the school, an official said Wednesday. The children are age 8 to 11. (AP Photo)

School children receive treatment at a hospital after falling ill soon after eating a free meal at a primary school in Chhapra district, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. (AP Photo)

An Indian man mourns as he holds his dead daughter inside an ambulance, outside a hospital in Patna, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Officials on Wednesday blamed the presence of insecticide in a free midday meal after at least 20 children died and many more were sick after eating lunch at a primary school in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. (AP Photo)