A Class 10 student of an elite southwest Delhi school was found dead on Thursday on the school premises, and the boy’s family said it strongly suspected foul play behind the death.
The incident comes close on the heels of the killing of two students — one in a Gurgaon school and the other in a Madhya Pradesh. The students were gunned down by their friends over trivial issues.
According to Delhi Police, Ankush Kondyal, 17, was admitted to the Fortis Hospital by the authorities of Deep Public School located in plush Vasant Kunj area after the boy collapsed while playing basketball. The police said Ankur was declared dead after an hour and his body has been sent to the Safdarjung Hospital for post-mortem.
Parladh Mishra, the boy’s uncle, said: “We are not taking it as a case of natural death and the boy may have died due to beating. We want the police to register a case and investigate the matter.” No school official was present at the hospital, he added.
“We can’t say anything. Things would be cleared after the autopsy report. No case has been registered yet,” police said.