Press Trust Of India
New Delhi, Oct 26: A 14-year-old boy died Friday when his head hit a wall after he was allegedly pushed by one of his classmates during a scuffle in a school here, the police said. The incident was reported from Delhi’s Karawal Nagar and the boy, who had pushed the victim, has been nabbed.
The police were informed that a child had fallen unconscious at a school here, DCP AK Singla said.
The Class 7 student was taken to a nursing home and later to a government hospital where he was declared dead, the officer said.
The boy allegedly used to tease the victim, Prince, by calling him “chubby” and that had led to a fight, the DCP said. “The juvenile pushed Prince whose head hit the wall and he became unconscious,” Singla said.
The police have registered a case and begun investigations, he said. Prince’s family claimed that he was beaten by four of his friends. However, the police said that no external injury marks were found on his body and that only one student was allegedly involved. The exact cause of death would be ascertained in the post-mortem, they said.
Prince’s elder sister Kanchan claimed that they were informed around 10.20 pm that he was having fits and was unwell.
“Two children came and told my mother that Prince was unwell. My mother rushed to the school, but was informed that he had been taken to a nursing home,” she said.
Kanchan alleged that when her mother reached the nursing home, she found that there was no one there from the school, and Prince was lying in a closed room. She claimed that her mother opened the room and found that he was dead.
“The incident happened in the second period,” Kanchan said, adding that her younger brother, who studies in Class 6 in the school, had heard Prince’s cries when he was being beaten. Kanchan said that her brother’s classroom was next that of Prince.
“My younger brother said that he tried to inform his teacher, but she did not pay heed. Later, when he tried to go and check on his brother, he was not allowed to do so,” she alleged.
Kanchan claimed that Prince had a fight with his friends around a month back and their mother had lodged a complaint with the school.
“The four boys asked Prince to play with them. But he refused saying that he needed to finish his assignment,” the sister said. “They told him that they would teach him a lesson. He told us about the incident but we thought that it was not serious,” she said.
Kanchan said the family was now scared to send her younger brother to school.
The police said they are probing the matter and will be questioning the school authorities.
