About to enter faculty, Meerut teen shot by classmate: police

A pupil of Class IX was shot lifeless by his classmate outdoors their faculty in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district, on Wednesday morning when the 2 went to gather their outcomes, the police stated.
The 14-year-old sufferer was shot on the chest and declared lifeless on arrival on the district hospital. The FIR was filed by the sufferer’s father.
The accused, additionally 14 years previous, has been held, in response to the police.
Deputy SP (Mawana) Uday Pratap Singh stated, “The two had a fight 15-20 days ago. On Wednesday morning, they went to the school to collect their results. The incident took place outside their school (name withheld).”
The accused (identify withheld) has been arrested and additional investigations are on, Singh stated.

An officer stated the accused hid the homicide weapon – a countrymade pistol – and fled after the crime.
“Our team will recover the weapon once details are revealed,” the officer stated. “The victim’s postmortem is being conducted. The accused is being questioned and we are trying to ascertain what led to the fight.”

Stating that the 2 boys had been classmates, Additional SP Keshav Kumar stated, “The incident took place just two minutes before they were going to enter the school. From what we have gathered so far, it was a fight over a small matter regarding who is going to sit where in the classroom.”
Further investigations are on.