Telangana’s deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and transport minister Ponnam Prabhakar on Tuesday, August 13, visited Peddapur Government Residential School in Jagtial district, where two students died, and some others fell sick during the last 15 days.

The deputy CM spoke to students and enquired about the cause of the death of Yedamalla Anirudh and Rajarapu Ganaditya, students of Class 6 and Class 7, respectively.

While Ganaditya (13) died on July 26, Anirudh (12) died on August 9. Though the exact reason for the sudden deaths is not yet known, snakebite and food poisoning were suspected to be among the reasons.

Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka consoled the families of the deceased children. He announced that the families of both the deceased students would be provided jobs.