New Delhi Feb 2 (IANS) Three students of a Delhi school were detained on Friday for beating a Class 9 student to death police said.
CCTV footage from Jeevan Jyoti Public School in north Delhi s Khajuri Khas area helped the police to crack the case.
The footage showed the three students aged 15-16 beating up 14-year-old Tushar inside the school toilet.
"There was a scuffle between some students in the toilet. Tushar was punched on the face and neck by the three " Deputy Commissioner of Police A.K. Singla said.
Tushar was later found unconscious inside the toilet by some students. School authorities and the victim s mother shifted him to a hospital where he was declared dead.
"We have registered a murder case... The three have been sent to a juvenile correction home " Singla added.
--IANS
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