As many as 52 students of a state-run welfare hostel for Boys in Jogulamba Gadwal district of Telangana were hospitalised with complaints of vomiting and stomach-ache after consuming dinner on Friday night, officials said.

The students of the hostel located in Dharmavaram, Itikyala mandal, were admitted to a government hospital and doctors after treating them said they are clinically stable, an official said on Saturday.

A district health official said 32 students were discharged and the remaining are also safe and are kept under observation.

"We are also running a camp in the hostel", the official said.

The "affected" students stated that they were served food items including sambar, rice, cabbage curry for dinner on Friday night and later had stomach-ache and vomiting.

BC Dal Chief Kumaraswamy moves HRC

Dundra Kumaraswamy, advocate and National President of BC Dal, has filed a complaint with the Telangana State Human Rights Commission (TSHRC) over the food poisoning incident at the BC Boys Hostel in Dharmavaram village, Erravalli Mandal, Jogulamba Gadwal district, where over 110 students fell ill after having dinner. Calling the incident a 'clear violation of human rights', Kumaraswamy said it exposed gross negligence by the district administration and hostel management.