According to police, a boy studying in class 10 was fatally beaten after he tried to arrest a fight outside a government school in the Shivamogga district of Karnataka. On Tuesday.
After coming from a special class, the 16 year old was leaving the school premises when he saw an attack on a boy who was known to him and the argument seemed to be turning into a physical fight.
After the police and other sources informed him about the incident, he is quoted to have tried to soothe them, however, the assailants overpowered him and beat him several times, even striking him in the chest.
He tried to get up a few times but after he finally collapsed, he was rushed to the hospital and was pronounced dead.
The ones he tried to protect are still receiving medical treatment, the police stated.
The Superintendent of Police, Nikhil, stated that the youth from the same area who had all gone to the same local school together were the ones involved. "They were familiar with each other. The victim was the one who got involved in the fight when it was getting out of hand and he was beaten up. When he was brought to the hospital, he was no more, " the SP added.
Police have detained two people and are trying to identify several of the alleged accomplices based on the eyewitness account of a child who witnessed the whole incident.
The police said that at the moment they have no way of knowing the exact cause of the fight and the first information points to the fact that the matter was very trivial. Extra staff have been sent to the location by the administration for safety reasons, but officials have assured that the matter is under control.
Local MLA SN Channabasappa was at the scene and later he met the teenager's family as well as the wounded who were getting treatment.
