Food poisoning causes panic in childcare centre

A dead lizard found in food created panic among the 250-odd children of a childcare centre at Ambattur. These children, who were undergoing free tuitions at the centre, are usually served dinner after their classes.

On Tuesday night, they were served "sambar'' rice when a lizard was found in the food served to one of the children.

As a precautionary measure, the entire group was taken to a local hospital, where all of them were found to be out of danger.

However, police sources opined that none of them showed any symptoms of food-poisoning.