Overview

• Fifteen-year-old Dixit was lured by his classmate while out to buy milk and shot once in the belly near the railway line at Hisar Cantt.
• The accused, also 15, carried out the attack with his grandfather’s service pistol, which belonged to an ex-serviceman.
• Bystanders who heard the gunshot alerted police and rushed Dixit to a hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
• After fleeing the scene, the accused was apprehended later the same day and is now in police custody.
• Authorities say investigators are probing the year-old disagreement between the two classmates to determine the exact motive.