Class 9 student dies after schoolyard fight over ball in Capital

A 14-year-old boy, studying at a Delhi government school in east Delhi, died on Friday evening after he was allegedly assaulted by a group of at least seven people, including five schoolmates and two adults, police said on Saturday.

- HT Correspondent

NEW DELHI:

The victim, a Class 9 student, was stabbed in the thigh with a knife during the attack outside the school, leading to his death from excessive bleeding. Police have apprehended the five minors, students of Classes 9 and 12, aged between 14 and 17, and arrested the two adults, aged 19 and 31. While the victim was a resident of Ganesh Nagar, the accused stayed in the Mandawali area. HT has withheld the identities of the adults due to their link with the minors associated in the case.