Prefectship rivalry ends in poisoning contestant

• She had stayed back in the  classroom without attending the morning assembly and poisoned the  bottles of drinking water of others
• When the  children who drank poisoned water developed vomiting, she had drunk a  little of it too and taken ill. 
• The  six schoolgirls under treatment were out of danger
•  The student  had been identified from the CCTV recordings in school

By Pushpakumara Jayaratne   

In a stunning incident on Monday (14) at a leading school  in the Narammala area, the contest for the head prefectship in the school had  allegedly led one of the contestants, a grade ten student, to mix  poison into the bottles of drinking water of five others. When the  children who drank poisoned water developed vomiting, she had drunk a  little of it too and taken ill.   

Investigations revealed that she had stayed back in the  classroom without attending the morning assembly and poisoned the  bottles of drinking water of others.   
The six schoolgirls who had taken ill were admitted to  Narammala Divisional Hospital. The schoolgirl involved in the incident  had been identified from the CCTV recordings in school.   
Police said the weedicide mixed with the drinking water had  been identified as Carpentra which is not a strong chemical and that the  six schoolgirls under treatment were out of danger.   
OIC Narammala Police CI Dilruk Perera is conducting further investigations.       

Investigations revealed that she had stayed back in the  classroom without attending the morning assembly and poisoned the  bottles of drinking water of others.   
The six schoolgirls who had taken ill were admitted to  Narammala Divisional Hospital. The schoolgirl involved in the incident  had been identified from the CCTV recordings in school.   
Police said the weedicide mixed with the drinking water had  been identified as Carpentra which is not a strong chemical and that the  six schoolgirls under treatment were out of danger.   
OIC Narammala Police CI Dilruk Perera is conducting further investigations.