<p>In a gruesome act, a class 8 student of a Delhi government school was bludgeoned to death allegedly by his two classmates who then dumped the body in a drain in southeast Delhi's Badarpur, police said Friday.</p>.<p>Saurabh (12), a resident of Bilaspur camp in Molarband village, was found dead on Thursday night between Khatushyam Park and Tajpur Road village in his school uniform. A schoolbag was also found near him.</p>.<p>Two juveniles studying in the same class have been apprehended in connection with the incident and they would be produced before the Juvenile Justice Board, police said.</p>.<p>During the investigation, it was revealed that the victim had seen the two juveniles smoking cigarettes on the school premises and had threatened to tell that to the officials.</p>.<p>Upon hearing this, they lured the victim to an isolated spot where they assaulted him causing fatal head injuries, a senior police official said.</p>.<p>A cotton towel and some blood-stained stones were found within yards from the body, which had multiple head injuries likely caused by a blunt object, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Rajesh Deo.</p>.<p>Saurabh's family has demanded justice and said they want the strictest punishment for the culprits.</p>.<p><strong>Also read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/maharashtra-four-teenage-school-children-go-missing-1212770.html" target="_blank">Maharashtra: Four teenage school children go missing</a></strong></p>.<p>BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri met the family members and gave them Rs 2 lakh. He said the Delhi government should provide Rs 10 lakh as compensation to them.</p>.<p>Saurabh's body has been shifted to a mortuary at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences for post-mortem and a case under IPC section 302 (murder) has been lodged.</p>.<p>He said a PCR call had informed them at 8.20 pm on Thursday that a schoolboy has been killed by two persons.</p>.<p>Saurabh's mother Darpan told reporters her son had requested her to visit his school around 2 pm on Thursday and request the class teacher to shift him to his previous section.</p>.<p>"My son was recently shifted to a new section but he was not happy with that. Some of the fellow students in his new section used to tease him. I requested his teacher twice to shift him to his previous section but he refused," she said.</p>.<p>"The teacher convinced me to let my son study in the new section. He made my son sit in the classroom in front of me. There were older students there. I don't know if they smoke or what," she added.</p>.<p>When her son did not return home till 7 pm, the family members began a search for him.</p>.<p>"I enquired with my son's friends who said he was seen standing in line while leaving the school but did not accompany them. Then I called up his teacher who said all the students left school around 6:30 pm. Early this morning, we got to see his body with multiple injuries. I can't see my son in this state. He was brutally killed," the mother alleged.</p>
<p>In a gruesome act, a class 8 student of a Delhi government school was bludgeoned to death allegedly by his two classmates who then dumped the body in a drain in southeast Delhi's Badarpur, police said Friday.</p>.<p>Saurabh (12), a resident of Bilaspur camp in Molarband village, was found dead on Thursday night between Khatushyam Park and Tajpur Road village in his school uniform. A schoolbag was also found near him.</p>.<p>Two juveniles studying in the same class have been apprehended in connection with the incident and they would be produced before the Juvenile Justice Board, police said.</p>.<p>During the investigation, it was revealed that the victim had seen the two juveniles smoking cigarettes on the school premises and had threatened to tell that to the officials.</p>.<p>Upon hearing this, they lured the victim to an isolated spot where they assaulted him causing fatal head injuries, a senior police official said.</p>.<p>A cotton towel and some blood-stained stones were found within yards from the body, which had multiple head injuries likely caused by a blunt object, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Rajesh Deo.</p>.<p>Saurabh's family has demanded justice and said they want the strictest punishment for the culprits.</p>.<p><strong>Also read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/maharashtra-four-teenage-school-children-go-missing-1212770.html" target="_blank">Maharashtra: Four teenage school children go missing</a></strong></p>.<p>BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri met the family members and gave them Rs 2 lakh. He said the Delhi government should provide Rs 10 lakh as compensation to them.</p>.<p>Saurabh's body has been shifted to a mortuary at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences for post-mortem and a case under IPC section 302 (murder) has been lodged.</p>.<p>He said a PCR call had informed them at 8.20 pm on Thursday that a schoolboy has been killed by two persons.</p>.<p>Saurabh's mother Darpan told reporters her son had requested her to visit his school around 2 pm on Thursday and request the class teacher to shift him to his previous section.</p>.<p>"My son was recently shifted to a new section but he was not happy with that. Some of the fellow students in his new section used to tease him. I requested his teacher twice to shift him to his previous section but he refused," she said.</p>.<p>"The teacher convinced me to let my son study in the new section. He made my son sit in the classroom in front of me. There were older students there. I don't know if they smoke or what," she added.</p>.<p>When her son did not return home till 7 pm, the family members began a search for him.</p>.<p>"I enquired with my son's friends who said he was seen standing in line while leaving the school but did not accompany them. Then I called up his teacher who said all the students left school around 6:30 pm. Early this morning, we got to see his body with multiple injuries. I can't see my son in this state. He was brutally killed," the mother alleged.</p>