Chitrakoot, Feb 9: Police has arrested a class XI boy Manvendra Tripathi who shot and grievously injured a classmate over a dispute. Manvendra was arrested while he was trying to surrender before the police.
Manvendra, a resident of Banda, and Ashish, of Pratapgarh, studied science at the Chitrakoot Intermediate College in Karvi.
He shot at Ashish from a country-made gun in his hostel room.
Manvendra said that he only intended to scare Ashish but the trigger went off accidentally.
Manvendra said that he had bought the gun from a former student of the same school.