A 10th standard student was killed following a scuffle with another student on the school campus in the city on Wednesday.
The teenager, Mohammed Aamer Siddiqui, 14, studied in 10- A section of St. Joseph Public School in King Kothi while the accused studies in 10- C section. On Tuesday afternoon during the lunch break Aamer and the accused had a face-off at the school ground. Even as other students were watching both of them exchanged blows following some argument. “Aamer received a few punches on the right side of the head after which he fell on the ground,” Inspector Narayanguda, S Bheem Reddy said.
The school authorities, after administering first-aid, rushed the boy to a private hospital nearby. The doctors treated him for brain haemorrhage and performed a surgery but Aamer died early on Wednesday morning.
Mr. Reddy said they were trying to figure out what led to the fight between the two students. “It is not clear why they fought. The teachers and the principal too claimed that never in the past had the two students quarrelled in the school,” Mr. Reddy said.
DCP (Central) V B Kamalasan Reddy visited the school and later told presspersons that the teachers did rush to break the fight but Aamer had collapsed before they intervened. The police collected the footage of the fight recorded by the closed circuit cameras installed on the school campus.
