India, Jan. 5 -- Panic gripped parents after multiple students fell ill at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) in Gurujang of Odisha's Khordha district.

As per reports, samples of around 30 students tested positive for jaundice, prompting the authorities to send affected children home. The school has a strength of 569 students. Those affected, all of whom were found to belong to Classes VI and XII, were later sent back by residential school authorities after providing primary medical treatment. Sources said test reports of samples collected from another 100 students suffering from fever are awaited. They too have been sent home as a precautionary measure.

Water contamination is suspected to be the cause behind the outbreak. After being i...