A 14-year-old boy, who was found unconscious under mysterious circumstances in his classroom in a private school in northeast Delhi's Karawal Nagar area on Thursday morning, later died in a hospital.
Avdhesh alias Prince, a Class VII student of the Saraswati Gyan Public School in Shiv Vihar, allegedly had a scuffle with a classmate following which he fell unconscious. The school authorities rushed him to a nearby hospital where he died.
DCP (Northeast) Dr A K Singla said, "We have apprehended the classmate of the deceased. Further legal action will be taken. Since there were no apparent injury marks on the body of the boy, we are going to question other classmates as to what exactly happened."
Police said that they received a call at around 11:45 am that a boy died at a private nursing home in Indrapuri.
As per the allegations levelled by the victim's family, he was beaten by a group of students.
"In the morning, Prince left home saying that he is going to meet his friends. Hours later, we received a call from the police that our child is dead. We are sure that he was tortured and beaten by his classmates," his relatives said.
The Government had declared Thursday holiday for the schools in Delhi on account of Chatth puja.
Police said that they have registered a case at the Karawal Nagar police station. The body will be handed over to his family after post- mortem examination.The police are questioning the minor boy, who allegedly got into a quarrel with the deceased.