Nagpur: In a shocking incident, a Standard IX student, aged about 13 years, stabbed his classmate while playing football in the school premises at Dabha on Wednesday. There was a fight between the two, following which one used a small multipurpose knife to attack the other.
According to police, the two students, both studying in Standard IX, were playing football on the school ground. One had been pushed by the other while playing. Following a heated argument, the two boys ended up in a fight. During the scuffle, the injured boy had first slapped the other student, who brandished the multipurpose knife and assaulted him in return. The bleeding student was rushed to Alexis Hospital with stab injuries on the left side of the abdomen. The injured student was kept under observation for a day at the hospital before being discharged.
Gittikhadan police were alerted by the hospital authorities. The father of the injured student also lodged a complaint at the police station. Police said that the school authorities did not report the matter at the police station, which was a gross act of negligence. It was an incident of stabbing and there could have been a fatality too, police said. The statement of the injured student was recorded by the police. The cops also visited the school premises.