Madrasa inmate beaten to death by 3 fellow students
New Delhi, August 24
Three students, aged between 9 and 11, were arrested for allegedly beating up a five-year-old madrasa inmate to death in North East Delhi’s Dayalpur, the police said on Saturday.
Earlier in the day, the police had said the boy died under mysterious circumstances as there were blisters on his neck, abdomen and groin area.
According to a police officer, after the autopsy it was found that the boy had multiple internal injuries as well. His liver was ruptured and there was bleeding in abdomen and right lung.
A detailed investigation revealed that he was beaten by other inmates, who were apprehended, he said.
During interrogation, the accused gave conflicting reasons behind the incident.
According to one version, the victim had abused them and that led to a fight, while the other claimed they beat him thinking his death will lead to declaration of holiday from madrasa.
CCTV footage has confirmed the findings and police are probing the role of others, a police statement said.
According to the police, they had received a call about the death of a boy at Brijpuri madrasa at 9.52 pm on Friday.
“At 6.30 pm on Friday, the boy’s mother was informed that her son was sick. She took him to a private hospital in Brijpuri, where doctors declared him dead,” a police officer said. She returned with her son’s body to the madrasa where a large crowd gathered.
People kept the body on the road outside the madrasa and demanded action against the administration, the officer said.
The police reached the spot and took the body to the mortuary of GTB Hospital and assured the crowd of an investigation after which it dispersed, the officer said.
The mother, a domestic help in West Delhi’s Punjabi Bagh area, told the police that her son had been studying at the madrasa for the past five months.
The boy’s father lives in Uttar Pradesh and comes here once a month. The couple has two more children, a 10-year-old boy and eight-year-old girl, who live with the mother.
Haji Din Mohammad is the principal of the madrasa, where about 250 boys study. Of these, 150 are from outside Delhi, primarily from Uttar Pradesh, the police said.
