SIX STUDENTS BOOKED FOR BEATING UP 15-YEAR-OLD

MUMBAI: The Wadala Government Railway Police (GRP) on Friday registered a case against six students including a minor for beating up a 15-year-old.

The incident was captured in the CCTV, where young boys were fighting at Tilak Nagar station earlier this week, in which one of them was allegedly seen brandishing a sickle.

According to the Wadala GRP, a 15-year-old school student was beaten up by the six accused. One of the accused was a senior of the victim in school and the fight erupted over a previous disagreement they had in the school. All accused have been booked and served notices but have not been arrested yet.

Police said they got to know that the victim and the main accused, his senior, fought at school in January. “The previous fight was over something petty like the victim asking the senior to walk carefully after the latter had accidentally bumped into the former. This had turned into a physical fight between the two boys which was broken by the teachers,” said an officer.

The senior later decided to tackle the matter outside of school. He reached the station on the afternoon of March 27 with five boys of different ages from his neighbourhood to settle this score with the victim. “The accused beat up the victim on one of the platforms. A policewoman on the opposite side yelled at them to stop and immediately took the FOB to reach them but the boys had dispersed,” said the officer. Other than sections for rioting and assault of the IPC, the accused were also booked under the Arms Act for carrying the sickle.