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.