Ahmedabad – A Class 10 student, Nayan Santani, was stabbed to death by a junior outside Seventh-Day Adventist Higher Secondary School on Tuesday, sparking outrage and protests by parents in the city.

Police revealed that the accused, a Class 8 student, confessed to the crime in an Instagram chat with a friend shortly after the incident. In the conversation, he admitted to stabbing Nayan, claiming the victim had challenged him during an argument. When questioned by his friend about the reason for the attack, the boy replied dismissively, “Let it be. What has happened has happened.”

The conversation on Instagram

Friend: Bhai tumne kuch kiya aj? (Brother, did you do something today?)

Accused: Haan. (Yes.)

Friend: Bhai tumne chaku mara tha? (Brother, did you stab someone?)

Accused: Teko kisne bola (Who told you?)

Friend: Call kro ek min. Call pe baat karte (Please call for a minute. Let’s talk.)

Accused: Nahi nahi (No, no.)

Friend: Chat pe ye sabh nahi. Merko tera naam pehle aaya dimag mai. Isliye terko kiya (Not over the chat. Your name came to my mind first so I texted you.)

Accused: Abhi bada bhai hain saath me. Usko nahi khabar. Bataya kisne! (I am with my brother. He doesn’t know what happened today. Who told him?)

Friend: Vo mar gaya shayad se. (He (the victim) has died.)

Accused: Hainnn. Kon tha wese? (What? Who was he?)

Friend: Abe chaku tune mara tha? Vo puch raha hu. (I am asking if you stabbed him.)

Accused: Haan to. (Yes.)

CCTV footage shows Nayan stumbling back into the school building clutching his stomach after the stabbing. He was rushed to a private hospital, where he died from his injuries.

According to police, the incident occurred just after school hours when the accused and a group of boys confronted Nayan outside the premises. The Class 8 student pulled out a knife and attacked him before attempting to flee. A security guard spotted him and alerted the authorities.

An FIR has been registered, and the minor has been detained under the Juvenile Justice Act.