A Class 8 scholar was injured after being attacked with a machete by his classmate after a month-old struggle over a pencil between them turned violent in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district on Tuesday, police mentioned, including that docs said the situation of the minor to be out of hazard
A Class 8 scholar was injured after being attacked with a machete by his classmate after a month-old struggle over a pencil between them turned violent in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district on Tuesday, police mentioned, including that docs said the situation of the minor to be out of hazard.
Boy assaults classmate with machete in Tamil Nadu
“Each the boys are buddies, and used to take a seat collectively on the identical bench,” assistant commissioner of police of Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli, Suresh (goes by single identify) advised reporters after conducting inquiries on the non-public faculty the place the incident happened.
“They fought over a pencil and stopped talking to one another. One boy attacked the opposite utilizing a machete. The sufferer has suffered accidents in three locations, however he’s out of hazard. The social science instructor who tried to cease him additionally sustained hand harm,” he added.
Police have despatched the boy in battle with regulation to the kid welfare committee (CWC) and members of the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB). “He hid the machete inside his faculty bag,” the police officer mentioned. Based on the preliminary probe, the sufferer had borrowed a pencil and didn’t return it.
The college administration admitted the coed and the instructor to a close-by non-public hospital.
“He has received cuts on his head, hand and legs,” The injured boy’s father advised reporters. “We’re being advised that they had been combating over a pencil, however I don’t assume that may be a motive. Who will plan and convey a machete from house to assault a classmate over a pencil?,” he added.
Nevertheless, the problem rapidly become political controversy. BJP state president Nainar Nagendran urged chief minister MK Stalin to resolve the crime and create consciousness amongst youngsters in opposition to violence. “It is rather harmful that underneath the chaotic rule of Mr. @mkstalin. Murders, robberies, sexual crimes and caste-based assaults are on the rise day-after-day. The regulation and order scenario in Tamil Nadu has deteriorated to the purpose the place even faculty youngsters are carrying lethal weapons,” Nagendran posted on X. “Violence has taken root within the minds of our kids to the purpose of them hiding a sickle in a college bag and attacking a fellow scholar over a pencil,” he added.
