Class 10 student stabbed by classmates for not showing answers during exam

Police reported that three students in Bhiwandi town of Thane district in Maharashtra allegedly stabbed their classmate during a Class 10 written examination after he declined to show them his answer sheet. The incident occurred on Tuesday at the school, following which the injured student was hospitalised locally.

"During the SSC exams, the victim refused to show his answer sheet to the accused students during the examination. Enraged by this, the trio caught hold of him as soon as he came out of the exam hall and thrashed him. They also stabbed him, due to which he suffered injuries and was hospitalised," a police official reported.

He was later discharged from the hospital, he said. A case under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapon or means) was registered at the Shanti Nagar police station in Bhiwandi against the three minor accused.