A student of Class IX was shot dead by his classmate outside their school in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district on Wednesday morning, reports The Indian Express.
The incident occurred when the two went to collect their marksheets, according to the police.
According to reports, the victim had come to collect his marksheet from the school when the accused, his elder brother and his four friends surrounded him. After a brief argument, the accused shot the victim in the chest.
The victim was declared dead on arrival at the district hospital.
The accused, also 14 years old, has been held, according to the police. The police have withheld the name of the accused.
An officer said that the accused hid the murder weapon – a country-made pistol – and fled after the crime. “Our team will recover the weapon once details are revealed,” the officer said. “The victim’s postmortem is being conducted. The accused is being questioned and we are trying to ascertain what led to the fight.”
The FIR was filed by the victim’s father. Station House Officer (SHO) of Bahsuma police station, Mukesh Kumar, said: “According to a complaint filed by the victim’s family, the accused student, along with his elder brother and four others, gathered outside the school, accosted the victim and shot him with a country-made weapon. A case has been filed against two named and four unnamed persons under IPC section 302 (murder).”
Further investigations are on.
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