Belagavi, May 14 -- A 13-year-old student of class 6 was taken into custody for allegedly stabbing his friend, a 15-year-old class 9 student, after an argument over chips, police officers said.

The incident happened on Monday at around 6.30 pm in Gurusiddeshwar Nagar near Murusavira Muttwhen the minor boy allegedly returned home after the argument with his friend over chips while playing, got a knife and stabbed his friend in the abdomen "in a fit of rage", officers from Kamaripeth police station said, adding that both the boys were from economically weaker backgrounds and lived in the same locality.

The victim's mother, accompanied by the minor's parents, rushed him to Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences where doctors declared him ...