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Ballari school student attacks hostel mates with iron rod, one dead
Seven other students who were present in the dormitory were injured, one of them critically, police said.
The student allegedly pulled an iron rod from a bed frame and attacked his sleeping peers at the Ballari school hostel.
A STUDENT of a private residential school in Karnataka’s Ballari allegedly went on a rampage in the school dormitory on Saturday night, assaulting sleeping hostel mates with an iron rod and a sharp object, resulting in the death of one student.
Seven other students who were present in the dormitory were injured, one of them critically, police said.
Ballari SP Suman D Pennekar said the suspect, who is a minor, fled the school after the attack and searches were being conducted to nab him.
Pennekar said there were nine students in the hostel, aged between 12 and 15, at the time of the incident.
A police officer said, “The assault occurred around 10 pm after dinner when students had retired to their dormitory. The minor student allegedly pulled an iron rod from a bed frame and attacked his sleeping hostel mates, triggering chaos. A class 9 student died of severe injuries sustained in the attack. Among the injured, one student is in critical condition and others are out of danger. The warden was also injured in the incident.”
Police have registered a case against the minor and the school management. Pennekar said, “I inspected the residential school and it was found the CCTV cameras were not functioning. We are also verifying whether the school authorities had necessary approvals to run both school and the hostel.”
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