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Five-year-old Amari Jackson started her first day at Kingswood Day Care Nursery and her mother Yasmin, 24, prepared for a her a full lunch including a chicken salad sandwich.

However, when she picked her daughter up from the nursery in Mitcham, south west London, at the end of the day, the last thing she expected to hear was how hungry Amari was.

Following the incident, the nursery has suspended its website, after they received a number of threats from angry members of far right groups.

Yasmin said: "When I asked Amari if she'd had a good day at school, the first thing she said was 'is it time for me to have my packed lunch yet, mummy? I'm so hungry.'

"I thought it was a bit strange, but maybe the staff had forgotten I'd told them she had a lunch.

"But the manager told me that it was against school policy for kids to bring in their own food."

Amari had started a two-week placement at the nursery, as part of a council-funded scheme to give struggling parents a break from childcare.

Yasmin added: "I asked if it was because the food might be unhealthy, and then told her that the food I had made for my daughter was healthy.

"She told me it was because they didn't know if the chicken was Halal, and didn't want it poisoning other children."

Ofsted are now investigating the incident which happened on Monday after Yasmin complained to her social worker.

Yasmin said she was only following guidelines set out by Merton Council, who ask parents to provide healthy foods for their children to eat, free from any allergens.

Amari, who suffers from egg and nut allergies, was given a chicken, lettuce, tomato and cucumber sandwich, some hummus and bread sticks, and a selection of cut-up fruit.

Yasmin, of Mitcham, added: "It should be up to me what I choose to feed my child, not somebody else's religion.

"They starved her for the day, and I'm never sending her back there."

Afsheen Siddik, nursery manager, said: "I deny the untrue and false allegations that have been made against myself and Kingswood Day Care Nursery.

"As a result I have informed Ofsted and the police who are currently dealing with this matter."

A Met police spokesperson said: "I can confirm that officers in Merton have received a complaint of racially and religiously aggravated communications sent to the said location which are also a matter of investigation.

"At this time officers in Merton are liaising with local partners and Ofsted."

Kingswood Day Care Nursery provides care for children aged three months to five years and was rated as 'good' in the most recent Ofsted inspection.

The Daily Star has contacted with the nursery and so far they have declined to comment on their packed lunch policy.