Teenage boy stabbed by classmate in Udaipur succumbs to injuries

A 15-year-old boy, who was allegedly stabbed by his classmate after a fight in a government school in Udaipur, died on Monday. The incident on August 16 had sparked communal violence in the city, where a large number of cars were set on fire and some shops ransacked.

The condition of the victim, Devraj, deteriorated on Monday after he remained admitted for four days in the intensive care unit of Maharana Bhupal Government Hospital. Having received severe injuries in his thigh, the boy was under the treatment of a team of specialist doctors who had arrived from Jaipur.

Devraj’s sister and a cousin tied rakhi on his wrist on Raksha Bandhan shortly before he breathed his last. The hospital administration shifted his body to the mortuary, while a decision on the timing of cremation was yet to be taken.