After reportedly being shot at a private school, an 18-year-old student in Khushalnagar, Varanasi, tragically passed away on Tuesday afternoon from gunshot wounds. The incident happened at the Shivpur police station area, in the parking complex of Gyandeep Public School. Initial reports state that Ravi Singh, the school manager, shot the boy under mysterious circumstances. Because of the extent of the injuries, the victim was eventually pronounced dead after being sent to the hospital for treatment right away.

“The manager of Gyandeep Public School, Ravi Singh, informed us on Tuesday afternoon that there had been a gunshot in the school’s parking yard in Khushalnagar, which is near the Shivpur police station. Hemant Singh, a student who took this school’s class 12 test this year, was hurt and passed away while receiving treatment, according to DCP Varuna Zone Pramod Kumar. Every piece of evidence has been gathered from the scene of the event. He said that the police had also seized the weapon from which the gunshot was fired.

According to the DCP, school manager Ravi Singh, Hemant Singh, a dead student, and two other individuals were seen making their way to the room where the fire occurred. According to him, the event seemed to have been caused by a personal conflict. According to authorities, everyone who was in the locked room has been taken into custody, and the deceased’s corpse has been transported for a post-mortem test. “Three persons including school manager Ravi Singh have been arrested by the police,” according to the DCP. (With inputs from PTI)