MEERUT, July 14 -- An 18-year-old student has been arrested in connection with the alleged murder of a 13-year-old boy at Shri Gurukul Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, a residential institute in Tilhar, Shahjahanpur. The arrest followed a joint investigation by Shahjahanpur police and the Special Operations Group (SOG).

The victim, Anurag Yadav, a Class 6 student and son of Brajesh Kumar Yadav from Ramkheda village in Kannauj, was found unconscious on July 7 in the school's Yagyashala, bleeding from his nose and ears. He was rushed to the Government Medical College but was declared dead on arrival, police said.

A post-mortem report confirmed a severe head injury and skull fracture caused by a blunt object. Police launched a murder probe, examine...