Sending shockwaves across Gurgaon, two students of the Euro International School in Sector 45 shot their classmate this afternoon as he waited to board the school bus for the ride home.

Fourteen-year-old Abhishek Tyagi, a Class VIII student, was standing in queue, waiting to board the bus, when classmates Akash Yadav and Vikas Yadav showed up. Akash allegedly pulled out a pistol from his socks and shot Abhishek point blank. It’s alleged that he pulled the trigger four times and then handed the pistol to Vikas who fired the last shot.

Three bullets hit Abhishek, one in the head, two in the chest. He died on the spot. According to the post-mortem report, the bullet to the head proved fatal.

“Stunned, both Akash and Vikas stood their ground,” recalled DCP Satheesh Balan. “The principal made the two boys sit in an empty classroom before calling the police while the other children were sent home.”

Balan said parents of both accused may also be prosecuted for negligence. The fathers are in the property business. Abhishek’s father is a transporter.

Abhishek’s body was kept in the playground, the very place he and Akash had fought last Friday. The cremation took place at the family’s ancestral village of Badshahpur, 6 km from the school.

“We were not scared because we didn’t know what exactly had happened,” said Sachin Gupta, a class VII student who was standing further down the line. “The younger students started crying and the teachers told us to keep quiet. After Abhishek’s body was moved to the ground, we were sent home.”

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