Highlights
- A bike hit the boy accidentally when he came out of the school after writing his exam
- The boy had a heated argument with the bike riders after which some more people were called upon
- The boy rushed back inside the school campus to save his life
A school student in New Delhi was attacked with knives by unknown miscreants on Monday, said a police officer. The incident was reported from outside the boy's school campus in Mangolpuri area of the national capital.
"The boy has told us that after giving an exam on Monday when he was leaving school, a bike that was crossing from there accidentally hit him. The victim boy had an argument with the bike rider and pillion. The bike rider called two more people and they all started beating the schoolboy. They attacked him with a knife. He somehow managed to rush back to the school campus to save him," said Sameer Sharma, Deputy Commissioner of Police Outer Delhi.
The DCP further said, that on receiving the information about the attack, a police team was sent to the spot.
"The boy (victim) was already taken to the hospital before the police team reached the spot," he added.
The MLC (medical test) of the boy has been done and it has been found that "injuries are not superficial" (deep cuts through knife).
Meanwhile, police also said that CCTV cameras around the area have also been examined but no footage regarding the incident has been found yet.
Police teams are inquiring in the area reading the identity of the assailants.
An FIR under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code has been registered.
(With inputs from ANI)
Also Read | Jharkhand: 11-year-old gangraped by 6 minors; probe underway