A 12-year-old boy was attacked by another minor boy with a sharp-edged weapon near a mosque under Bajaria police station area late night on Wednesday.
According to police sources, fuelled by old enmity, Kallu Khan, resident of Shankaracharya Nagar, was attacked by Armaan near a mosque with a sharp-edged weapon. The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital and is undergoing treatment. The condition of the victim is reportedly stable.
A complaint was lodged by the victim and in the complaint he had claimed that the a couple of day back accused had a fight with him but after the intervention of the locals the fight was pacified but Armaan was not ready to let the victim so easily and on Wednesday at around 10 pm when Kallu was on his way to home he was stopped by Armaan near a mosque and started abusing him.
The victim told the accused to stop abusing which infuriated him and he pulled a knife and stabbed the victim and escaped the spot.The police have registered a case under section 308 of the IPC and have started further investigation.Police said that involvement of accused in other crimes in the locality and other areas would be searched. After the arrest the accused would be produced in the Juvenile Justice Court.
The locals and family members would be questioned during the investigation. Police have launched a manhunt to nab the accused. Till the filing of the report the accused is still at large.