Class 8 kids beat up senior with iron rods

Dhanbad: A Class IX student of

DAV Koylanagar

was assaulted with iron rods by three students of Class VIII outside the school premises on Saturday. The victim, identified as

Swetabh Mishra

, sustained eye injuries. A video of the assault went viral on social media on Sunday morning.Swetabh’s father Rajesh Mishra has lodged a case against the trio with the school management and at Seraidhela police station. The management has suspended one of the accused and called the trio’s parents to school on Monday.It is not known what led to the assault but reports said that

Swetabh

had an argument with one of the assaulters in school on Friday and that could have been the trigger for the fight. School principal NN Srivastava said, “As soon as we came to know of the incident, the school informed the victim’s parents.”When his father reached the school, he found his son sitting on the pavement with blood oozing out of the eyes. He rushed him to a hospital where he received stitches in the eyes. His condition is said to be stable, officials said.
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