Maharashtra: Cops book teen who threw javelin that killed 15-yr-old in Raigad

Hujefa Kutubuddin Daware, the deceased

A day after a 15-year-old boy died after a javelin thrown by another teenage student hit him on the head during a practice session at a school in Raigad, an FIR has been registered by Goregaon police station in Mangaon. The police have booked the 16-year-old as well as the school organisers of the javelin selection event for a taluka level meet under Section 304 IPC (punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder).

The incident took place on the campus of INT English School at Purar in Mangaon taluka at around 12.30pm on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Hujefa Kutubuddin Daware. Police said Hujefa, who was practising shotput on the other side of the ground on Wednesday was hit on his head towards his left eye when a student hurled the spear in his direction. Unaware that the javelin had been hurled in his direction, Hujefa bent down to tie his shoelace resulting in him being hit on the temple.

According to the police, CCTV footage shows that the javelin was thrown towards the side where the other students were playing volley ball and shot put. "The statement of the boy who hurled the javelin was recorded in the presence of his parents. The organiser from Raja Bhau More school has been booked for negligence," said API Srikrishna Navale from Goregaon Police station, Raigad. Navale added, "We had earlier registered an accidental death case. Later after checking the CCTV and recording statement we have registered an FIR.

Atul Zende, additional SP, Raigad, said, "We have seen the CCTV footage of the school playground to ascertain how the incident occurred. During the probe, we learned that the boy was practising shotput when he was hit on his temple and collapsed on the spot. He was rushed to Goregaon civic hospital (in Raigad), where the doctors declared him brought dead."

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The complainant in the matter, Bandu Pawar, a physical training (PT) teacher, told police that a taluka-level outdoor sports competition was being conducted at the school playground and he was assigned the umpire's job for the volleyball competition. He said suddenly, there was chaos as news spread that a boy had been hit by a javelin during a practice session.