A school principal and her husband have been charged with murder after 23 children died from eating pesticide-contaminated lunches in July at the school in eastern India, police said.

A school principal and her husband have been charged with murder after 23 children died from eating pesticide-contaminated lunches at the school in eastern India in July, police said today.

The head of an Indian primary school where 23 children died after a meal made with contaminated oil has been arrested, nine days after she went into hiding.