Delhi Waqf board to give Rs 5 lakh compensation to kin of madrasa student died in scuffle: Khan

Delhi Waqf Board chairman Amanatullah Khan Friday assured a compensation of Rs five lakh to the kin of eight-year-old madrasa student who died in a scuffle involving minors in south Delhi's Malviya Nagar.

Ajim died Thursday after he sustained a head injury following a scuffle between two groups of minor boys. The incident occurred when the students objected to playing by a few local boys on a vacant land in front of the madrasa, police said.

Khan accompanied by Malviya Nagar MLA Somnath Bharti visited the madrasa and announced the compensation.

"The family of Ajim will be provided Rs five lakh compensation by Delhi government," he said.

Khan said Bharti has promised to construct a boundary wall around the madrasa through his MLA local area development fund. He said Waqf Board will give no objection certificate as the belongs to it.

He also claimed the local police officers have assured him that no slackness will be allowed in probing the death of the student.

Four minor boys, who are suspected to have been involved in the incident, have been apprehended, police said, adding that the accused used to often play on the vacant land in front of madrasa.