Boy accused in Ballari hostel rampage case taken into custody

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Inspector-General of Police P.S. Harsha chairing a reappraisal  gathering  successful  Ballari precocious   connected  Sunday arsenic  portion  of efforts to unafraid  the lad  progressive   successful  the hostel rampage case.

Inspector-General of Police P.S. Harsha chairing a reappraisal gathering successful Ballari precocious connected Sunday arsenic portion of efforts to unafraid the lad progressive successful the hostel rampage case. | Photo Credit: SRIDHAR KAVALI

The Ballari Police person traced and secured the juvenile who is accused successful a rampage lawsuit astatine a hostel attached to Gurukul International School successful Ballari metropolis connected Saturday nighttime that near 1 pupil dormant and 7 injured.

He was traced aft a 36-hour extended hunt operation.

Addressing a associated property league successful Ballari connected Monday, Inspector-General of Police (Ballari Range) P.S. Harsha and Superintendent of Police Suman D. Pennekar said that aggregate constabulary teams combed the metropolis and the lad was, based connected reliable information, traced astatine Gangappa Jina country of Ballari.

After tracking his movements done CCTV footage, a constabulary squad located him and brought him backmost for questioning.

The teams besides analysed footage from 7,500 CCTV cameras installed crossed the metropolis and activated quality networks during the operation, which yet led to the securing of the insignificant accused, the serviceman explained.

As per law

Dr. Harsha said that since the lawsuit progressive a juvenile successful struggle with law, the probe volition travel procedures laid down nether the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act.

He besides requested that the media not uncover the identities of the accused oregon the injured students, arsenic they are each minors.

The lad volition beryllium produced earlier the authorities acrophobic aft aesculapian valuation and counselling.

Investigators are besides questioning him to find the nonstop series of events starring to the attack.

Apart from the police, the probe squad volition see a wide physician, a objective psychologist, a psychiatrist and a counsellor from the District Child Protection Unit.

The officials volition grip the lawsuit strictly successful accordance with provisions of the Act, helium added.

The probe volition analyse each imaginable angles down the incidental and besides look into the relation of the school, if any.

A requisition has been sent to the Department of School Education seeking a thorough inspection of the instauration to ascertain whether determination were immoderate irregularities.

Larger questions

“More than a case, this incidental has raised larger questions and challenges astir parenting, the upbringing of children and the relation of acquisition institutions successful providing a supportive ecosystem,” Dr. Harsha said.

Search operation

Ms. Pennekar said that constabulary teams combed nationalist places, isolated locations crossed the territory and roads connecting neighbouring States during the hunt operation.

The teams besides checked pilgrimage routes utilized by devotees travelling to Srisailam Temple and Mantralayam Temple successful Andhra Pradesh earlier yet securing the juvenile.

Published - March 09, 2026 09:17 p.m. IST

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