India, Aug. 13 -- The principal and two wardens of Japtalai Ashramshala (boarding school for tribal students) in Gadchiroli district were booked on Wednesday in connection with the death of three students earlier this week due to snakebite. Former Congress MP and minister Marotrao Kowase, who heads the trust which runs the school, and his secretary have also been booked based on a complaint from a project officer with the tribal welfare department, officials familiar with the matter told Hindustan Times.

The Dhanora police have booked school principal Prashant Tatpalliwar, male warden Bhaskar Bhoyar, female warden Bhagyashree Chillamwar, former minister Kowase and his secretary under sections 106 (1), 125 (a), 125 (b) and 3 (5) of the Bh...