India, March 23 -- A bizarre incident at a Bhopal university canteen has triggered outrage after students alleged finding a lizard in their food - only for a staff member to eat it and brush off the claim by calling it capsicum.

The incident, reported from the canteen of Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV), dates back to March 18. Students who were eating there said they noticed something unusual in a vegetable dish, which they believed to be a dead lizard. They then informed the canteen staff about it.

What followed only intensified the confusion and anger. According to the students, a staff member picked up the suspected piece, ate it in front of them, and insisted it was nothing more than capsicum, according to a report b...