The accused and victim didn't have any connection, both of them didn't even know each other. It was Tadvi's second day at school, says Manoj Sasidhar
The Vadodara police nabbed a 16-year-old boy from Valsad for murdering 14-year-old Dev Tadvi, who was found dead in the washroom of Shri Bharati School in Baranpura area of Vadodara, of Friday morning.
In what can only be termed as bizarre, police investigation revealed that the accused didn't have any personal enmity with the deceased, but killed Tadvi only to ruin the name of the school, after he was caught copying last year during exams.
Manoj Sasidhar, Vadodara Police Commissioner, said: "The accused and victim didn't have any connection, both of them didn't even know each other. It was Tadvi's second day at school. The accused randomly chose Tadvi, took him to the washroom and killed him. It could have been any other student."
Further interrogations revealed that the accused had been planning to kill a student for a while. The police have found a coconut chopping knife, knuckles and a bottle full of chilly powder from the bag of the accused, which he had brought from his house.
According to the police, the father of the accused used to work as a coconut vendor. However, he discontinued with the coconut business when he started working as a labourer.
"The accused had anger issues and was a bully in school. He couldn't handle the insult, and hence decided to take revenge," Sasidhar said.
Tadvi's parents live in Anand. He had joined Shri Bharti school since his previous school had classes only up to class eight. As his family's financial condition was not too good, his maternal uncle had brought him to Vadodara to stay with him and study. On the second day of his school, Tadvi was stabbed more than 10 times by the accused and at around 12pm, his body was discovered by some students who went to the washroom and saw Tadvi lying in a pool of blood.
Child Psychologist, Dr Smita Patel, said: "This usually happens that a child feels left out or humiliated. When the accused failed to get good marks and was caught copying, he decided to take revenge, which shows us the kind of environment he was brought up in. It proves that violence might have been a part of his life. It is this perceived notion of humiliation and failure that needs to be dealt with — by the child's family and school teachers. Many kids resort to violence, or act aggressively, when they feel they have failed at some thing. We need more quality counselling in government schools, and include the teachers in the process."
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