New Delhi, Oct 18 A 17-year-old Class 12 student was allegedly stabbed to death outside a government school in southwest Delhi’s Mohan Garden area following an altercation between two students over the prescribed school shoes, police said on Sunday.
Five accused, including three minors and two adults, have been apprehended in connection with the murder, three of whom are students of the same school, they said.
The incident took place on October 14 when a PCR call regarding a stabbing incident near a government school in Mohan Garden was received at 6.10 pm at the local police station. The victim, a resident of Mohan Garden, had sustained stab injuries and was taken to Tarak Hospital, where he succumbed during treatment, the police said.
According to an eyewitness, a Class 12 student of the same school, the dispute began after another student complained to a teacher that he was not wearing the prescribed school-pattern shoes. This led to a heated argument between the two, during which the latter allegedly threatened him.
After school hours, when the student left the premises with his friends, including the victim, the other student allegedly instigated the remaining accused, following which the group assaulted them. During the attack, one of the assailants allegedly stabbed the victim, causing fatal injuries, the police said.
The knife allegedly used in the crime was recovered near the school gate.
The victim’s father is an ex-serviceman and is currently employed as a gunman in Gurugram, police said.
(PTI News)
