Sivaganga: Police apprehended two 17-year-old Class XII boys on charges of stabbing a 16-year-old classmate belonging to the dalit community at the Adi Dravidar Welfare Higher Secondary School in Mallal near Sivaganga on Wednesday.
Police said the victim was admitted to the intensive care unit of Sivaganga Govt Medical College Hospital and his condition is stable. A senior police officer said the incident stemmed from bullying based on caste identity and that the attackers were thevar boys.
Last week, the victim was provoked by one of the attackers who mocked him. The enraged boy inflicted a bleeding injury on him using an iron nail. Subsequently, the school administration took up the matter with the parents of the boys and decided to drop it with warnings to both boys.
The injured 17-year-old boy was absent for the past week and returned to the school on Wednesday. Before the classes began, he along with another boy tried to attack the victim. “The two boys chased the victim around the campus and finally caught him inside the staff room. As one was holding him, another boy stabbed him using a blade at four places on his chest and back,” a police officer said.
Sipcot police rushed to the spot and detained one of the attackers, who was captured by school staff. Another boy was detained in the evening. Police registered a case under sections 296(b), 115(2), 127(2), and 109 of BNS and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The boys were lodged in a govt observation home.
The school education department has also initiated an inquiry. It may be recalled that the department last week sent an advisory to govt and private schools to avoid caste, religious, and political events in schools to strengthen the safety and unity among students.
Courtesy : TOI
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