India, Jan. 29 -- A 13-year-old boy, beaten until he fell unconscious by three minors after a dispute while playing cricket, last week, succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday evening. All three minors have been detained, said the police.

An argument broke out among the four children while they were playing cricket at a park in the Mahamandir area of Jodhpur, a police officer from the Mahamandir police station said. "Three Class 7 students, aged between 12 and 13, attacked a Class 8 student when the argument escalated," he added.

The deceased's father, a software engineer, alleged that the three boys turned on his son, kicking and beating him with cricket stumps repeatedly until he fell unconscious. He was taken to the Mahatma Gandhi hospi...