Identified as Arun, the boy was allegedly stabbed several times when he tried to intervene during an attack on another youth. The police have arrested four minors in connection with the killing. New Delhi: A visit to watch a Durga immersion procession ended in tragedy for a 16-year-old grade 9 student in northwest Delhi’s Pitampura on Tuesday (October 20) evening.
The incident took place in the FP Block and PU Block area of Pitampura, where crowds had gathered for the religious procession. Investigators are questioning the minors in conflict to establish the circumstances that led to the stabbing. The police are investigating the alleged Instagram dispute and the sequence of events that led to the fatal assault. Local residents suspect that the group had planned the attack in advance and wore masks to avoid being identified in the crowd. The police are going through the available evidence to establish whether the assault was premeditated and what role each accused played. The police are also trying to find out how the attackers escaped through the festival crowd after the stabbing. Investigators have examined CCTV footage from the surrounding locality to trace the suspects and reconstruct their movements.
Arun was 16 years old and studying in grade 9.
The attack followed a dispute over a comment on an Instagram post, according to reports.
