Pune: A student (16) of a private English-medium school in Phursungi suffered injuries to his back and legs after his three schoolmates assaulted him with belts near the institute in Phursungi around 1.30pm on Feb 12.The injured student lodged a complaint with the Phursungi police on Monday evening.
According to the police, the three students, who assaulted the victim, were also minors. They assaulted the victim owing to an old school rivalry.“All the assailants are junior college students in the same school, while the victim is an Standard X student,” police said.The assaulters first grabbed the victim about 50 metres away from the school and abused, kicked and punched him. Later, they pulled out their belts and assaulted the victim, police said.
