Gurgaon teen takes Dad’s gun to school, with friend kills classmate

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.”

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.”

According to Commissioner of Police Mohinder Lal, Akash smuggled his father’s pistol to school by concealing it in his socks. “He then hid it in the bathroom and probably retrieved it just before the shooting,” said Lal.

Based on the questioning of the two boys, Lal said: “Abhishek was known for bullying and threatening other students in the school. He had threatened both Akash and Vikas in earlier fights, saying he would kill them. The parents and teachers seem to have failed in counselling the boys, leading to this incident.”

“Abhishek had told us about the fight and that the two boys had reconciled subsequently,” said Manoj Tyagi, Abhishek’s uncle.

“Principal Mamta Sharma has told us that she had called the parents of all three boys to the school a month ago and asked them to either take the children for counselling or enrol...