In a case that has shaken everyone’s conscience, a Class 6 student in Karnataka’s Hubli was arrested for allegedly fatally stabbing a Class 9 student of his school, police said.

The incident took place due to a minor argument while the two were playing together. The 14-year-old victim’s mother rushed her son to the hospital where the doctors pronounced him brought dead.

The accused boy has been sent to a juvenile justice home. Both the boys studied in the same school.

Meanwhile, the police expressed shock and dismay over the incident and appealed to people to keep their children safe.

“It is unfortunate if a class 6 student has developed a mindset to stab someone. Somewhere, this could be a result of the violence they have seen on television or mobile phones, and the effect of family and society. Everyone must wake up to this incident. It’s a young child who has to be termed an accused,” Hubli Police Commissioner Shashi Kumar said.