16-yr-old Killed, four injured in minors’ clash

Hoshiarpur: A 16-year-old boy died, and four others were injured in a clash involving sharp-edged and blunt weapons between two groups of minors near Thakri village here, police said on Thursday.

The deceased was identified as Sarabjit Singh, a resident of Talwandi Dadian village. Tanda Deputy Superintendent of Police Davinder Singh said police received information from a Community Health Centre at around 11.30 pm on Wednesday about a fight involving two groups of boys. Preliminary investigation suggested that the boys, aged between 12 and 16 years and belonging to Talwandi Sallan and Talwandi Dadian villages, fought near Thakri village, leaving several of them injured, the DSP said.According to the FIR, there had allegedly been an earlier dispute between the two sides. The boys from one of the groups allegedly created a nuisance outside a house in Talwandi Dadian by making firecracker-like noise from silencers of their motorcycles on several occasions.

Sarabjit was seriously injured in the clash and referred to Hoshiarpur for treatment, where he succumbed to injuries on Thursday morning, the DSP said.

Tanda police station SHO Inspector Amarjit Kaur said five minors — three from Talwandi Dadian and two from Talwandi Sallan — were injured in the incident and admitted to the CHC in Tanda. A case has been registered under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Tanda police station, and further investigation is underway, police said. The DSP said police teams have been formed and raids are being conducted at different places to apprehend those allegedly involved in the incident.