KANPUR A Class 10 boy allegedly stabbed his classmate to death at an inter college in Bidhnoo area of suburban Kanpur on Monday morning. The 16-year-old accused was taken into custody and the police were questioning him about the motive behind the attack in the classroom, said Ankita Sharma, additional DCP.
The 16-year-old victim and the accused were in the same class. Around 11am, the latter jumped on his fellow student with a kitchen knife in his hand and repeatedly stabbed him in the neck, inflicting severe wounds before teachers and staff overpowered him.
The incident happened during the recess when a few students were in the classroom, eyewitnesses told cops. The victim was taken to the LLR hospital in a critical condition, but doctors declared him dead on arrival.
Being a juvenile, the student would be produced before the child welfare committee (CWC) before being sent to a juvenile home, said the additional DCP.
“I was at the gate when the students screamed about the attack. Some teachers and I rushed to the classroom. The boy was standing there and Nilendra was on the floor, listless,” said the principal of the school.
“The victim was losing a lot of blood; I rushed him to the hospital in my car but the doctors could not save him. A teacher informed the New Azad Nagar police post and the police took the accused student away,” he added.
{{/usCountry}}“The victim was losing a lot of blood; I rushed him to the hospital in my car but the doctors could not save him. A teacher informed the New Azad Nagar police post and the police took the accused student away,” he added.
{{/usCountry}}The motive of the attack could not be established, but it emerged that both the students had a strained relationship. There had been arguments between them, and even fights in the past, students told police.
The accused was not cooperating during questioning, said a senior police officer, adding the school management was also involved in the investigation.