Gujarat: Class 10 student murdered by his classmate, mob vandalises school

A class 10 student of a private school in Ahmedabad was allegedly fatally stabbed by his classmate following an altercation triggering a massive protest and vandalism by parents and locals on Wednesday police saidPolice detained the accused teenager following the attack while the victim succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday night an officer saidPolice clarified that both the attacker and the victim were students of class 10State education minister Praful Pansheriya had earlier said that a class 10 student was stabbed by his junior studying in class 9A class 10 student stabbed his classmate at Seventh Day School yesterday The victim died during treatment in the night Police have registered an FIR and detained the juvenile accused said Joint Commissioner of Police Jaipal Singh RathoreOn Wednesday morning hundreds of people comprising family members of the victim parents of other students and members of the Sindhi community stormed the premises of the school and demanded action against the administrationThe situation soon escalated into chaos with the mob damaging school buses twowheelers and fourwheelers parked at the institute They assaulted the school staff police saidPolice personnel initially struggled to bring the situation under control and pushed the mob out of the school premisesProtesters staged a sitin on the road blocking traffic They shouted slogans against the police demanding action against the school administrationThe incident took communal colour as the accused student belongs to a minority community and the victim is a member of the Sindhi communityWe demand justice We have lost our child today It would be someone elses kid tomorrow If strict action is not taken such incidents will take place again a relative of the victim saidLocal MLA Amul Bhatt requested the mob to maintain peace with folded hands With a megaphone in his hand he asked them to submit their demands and allow the police to do their jobJoint Commissioner of Police of Crime Branch Sharad Singhal told reporters that the city police commissioner has accepted the demand of protesters to hand over the investigation to the crime branchHe said the police will verify the claim of the parents that six to seven people had helped the accused student in the crime and that the school administration destroyed evidence by summoning a water tankerIf involvement of other individuals is found we will arrest them A forensic team will verify the claim of the parents that someone from the school had summoned a water tanker to clean the crime scene We will take strict action if evidence is found Singhal saidJCP Rathore appealed to demonstrators to list their accusations against the school administration which he said would be forwarded to the concerned department for actionHe said police are scanning footage of CCTV cameras to identify vandalsState education minister Praful Pansheriya has termed the murder as unfortunate and a red signal for a civilised societyAn investigation is on The education department will study the case he said and expressed concern over rising aggression in studentsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever