Ahmedabad is reeling from the shock of a class 8 Muslim student stabbing to death a class 10 Hindu student at Seventh-Day Adventist School in the city.
According to reports, blood-soaked Nayan was lying in the school compound for more than 20 minutes, but the school management did not even bother to call an ambulance.
Early Wednesday morning, a large crowd of community members gathered outside the school, leading to protests that escalated into vandalism on the school premises. Reports indicate that some school staff were also assaulted during the demonstrations.
Police deployed a significant force to restore order, and clashes were reported between protesters and law enforcement. The accused student has been taken into custody, and authorities are proceeding under juvenile laws.
In the wake of the tragedy, parents and Hindu organizations have filed complaints against the school’s principal and management, seeking accountability for the incident.
Alleged screenshots of the stabber’s chat going viral on social media reveal he showed no remorse for his actions. India Today shared these screenshots as below:
Friend: Bhai, did you do something today?
Accused: Yes.
Friend: Did you stab someone?
Accused: Who told you?
Friend: Please call for a minute.
Accused: No, no. I am with my brother. He doesn’t know what happened today.
Friend: He (the victim) has died.
The accused then asked his friend how he had come to know about the incident. The friend replied that he had met a mutual acquaintance on the road, who had informed him about it.
Accused: Tell him (the common friend) that I killed him. He knows me, tell him right now.
Friend: What actually happened?
Accused: Arrey, he (the victim) asked me, “Who are you and what will you do?” etc.
Friend: ***** You can’t stab someone to death for this. You could have just beaten him up, not killed him.
Accused: Whatever happened has happened now.
Friend: Take care of yourself. Go underground for some time. Delete these chats.
Accused: Ok.
Negligence?
The victim’s family accused the school administration of gross negligence. They alleged that no ambulance was arranged and that the boy was left lying unconscious in a pool of blood until his relatives arrived. The family said they were forced to take him to hospital in an autorickshaw and claimed he might have survived had medical help been provided in time.
The boy’s grandfather alleged that despite serious injuries, the school authorities failed to act. He also accused the school’s security of being lax, claiming that students managed to bring in a weapon unchecked. He further alleged that the victim, who came from a vegetarian family, had earlier been deceived into consuming meat by fellow students.
Grandfather’s Statement
Speaking to OpIndia, the victim’s grandfather said, “A few days earlier, a Muslim student had quarrelled with my grandson while he was coming down the stairs after school, but later they made amends by apologising. Yesterday afternoon (around the time the school closed on the day of the incident), a group of Muslim boys with their faces covered attacked my grandson with a knife. How that boy entered school with a knife? That boy is in 8th standard, and my grandson is in 10th. The boy who stabbed was caught last night by police in Shah Alam area. We have requested the police that school will not reopen till we get justice.”
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He also stated that the victim and his entire family were vegetarians, yet some Muslim students used to bring mutton to the school and mislead his grandson into eating it by claiming it was paneer.
Arrests
So far, two people have been arrested, and an FIR has been filed. Police have called in a forensic team to examine if bloodstains were tampered with at the scene. CCTV footage is being reviewed, and statements of nine staff and security personnel have been recorded. The District Education Officer has issued a notice to the school seeking a full report.
Several parents have since alleged that Tuesday’s stabbing was not an isolated incident. They claimed that past cases of violence and drug use involving students were ignored by the school. One parent alleged that her son was assaulted two months ago, but no disciplinary action was taken.
(With inputs from OpIndia)
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