The police took into custody three Class X students in connection with the stabbing of three other students who sustained serious injuries following a violent altercation between student groups at P.T.M. Higher Secondary School at Thazhekode in Perinthalmanna, Malappuram district, on Friday.

The incident occurred in the afternoon after the SSLC examination when students of English and Malayalam medium classes of the school got into a fight. One of the students stabbed three others with a sharp object. The victims sustained injuries to their heads and hands. Two of them have been admitted to Government Medical College Hospital, Manjeri, while the other has been admitted to the district hospital in Perinthalmanna.

There are reports that tension was brewing between the two groups of students for some time and that the student who stabbed his schoolmates was under suspension for his aggressive behaviour. He was earlier warned by the police and had been in the school only for the examination.

Questioned

Perinthalmanna sub-inspector Shijo C. Thankachan said two students had sustained grave injuries to the head. The circumstances that led to the stabbing would be investigated. The students as well as their parents were questioned.

The juveniles in conflict with the law were charged under various Sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita including 109 (attempt to murder), 117 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt), and 118 (voluntarily causing hurt or grievances by dangerous weapons ). After medical examination, the students were produced before the Juvenile Justice Board at Manjeri. As per the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, they were admitted to Observation Home, Tavanur, Malappuram.