Ganderbal: Police have arrested a delinquent who attacked fellow students by knife in Ganderbal.

“Yesterday at about1500hrs, a scuffle broke out between two groups of Dreamland school Beehama, Ganderbal wherein one student namely Zahid Shabir son of Shabir Ahmed resident of Bandybagh, Ganderbal attacked two fellow students by sharp object/knife resulting in injuries to both of them. Both the injured students, identified as Hidayat Ahmed and Ibrahim Ahmed, both the residents of Beehama, Ganderbal were immediately shifted to SKIMS Soura for treatment. Zahid who attacked his fellow students fled away from the spot,” police said in a statement.

Accordingly, a case FIR No. 116/2023 under relevant sections of law was registered in Police station Ganderbal and investigation was initiated, it said.

During the course of investigation, a team was constituted under the supervision of DySP PC Ganderbal and was deputed to arrest the accused. After strenuous efforts, Police team caught the accused near Baroosa. During further investigation, it came to fore that the incident took place over minor issues and some more students were involved in scuffle. Zahid who is student of class 12th of Dreamland school has been aggressive since the beginning and as per school principal, he was involved in multiple fights with other students in past also.

“With all the legal procedures and formalities, the delinquent will be produced before Juvenile Board and other students who were involved in the scuffle will also be brought and produced before the board,” police said.

KR Desk