17-year-old stabbed to death by schoolmates in South Delhi, 3 arrested

A class 10 student was stabbed to death by three of his schoolmates in south Delhi's Madangir area on Tuesday evening. Police have apprehended the three juveniles for the murder, however, the reason behind the murder is still unknown.

According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Bhanu Pratap aka Anmol (17) who had come for his tuition class where the three attacked him at around 7.30 pm following a scuffle.

During the argument, one of them took out a knife and stabbed Bhanu Pratap several times and fled the spot.

"We received a PCR call at around 7.30 pm where the caller informed that three men stabbed boy and he is bleeding profusely," said a senior police officer.

Police said that a team reached the spot and rushed the victim to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared him dead on arrival.

His family members were informed and the body was sent for a post-mortem examination.

"Crime and forensics team were called on the spot to collect samples while three juvenile accused have been apprehended," said DCP (south) Vijay Kumar.

According to the deceased's brother Pankaj, Anmol had left for his tuition class at around 7 pm.