Eight students at a government-run school hostel in Odisha’s Kandhamal district were hospitalised after classmates allegedly applied glue to their eyes while they were sleeping.
Eight students at a government-run school hostel in Odisha’s Kandhamal district were hospitalised after classmates allegedly applied Feviquick adhesive to their eyes while they were sleeping, officials said Saturday.
The incident took place late Friday night at Sebashram School in Salaguda, under Firingiya block. The affected students were first taken to Gochhapara Hospital and later shifted to the Phulbani District Headquarters Hospital.
One student has been discharged, while seven others remain under treatment, doctors said.
A student told reporters, “When we were sleeping, some of our friends had put glue in our eyes. This incident happened at 9 o’clock in the night when we had eaten dinner and had gone to sleep.”