NEW DELHI: A 16-year-old student was found dead inside a toilet of a private school in Khajuri Khas on Thursday afternoon.The police said that around noon, one of Tushar's classmates noticed him lying on the floor face down and alerted teachers. The authorities at Jeevan Jyoti Public School in Sadar Nagar took the Class IX student to GTB Hospital in an ambulance but he was declared dead on arrival.A case of culpable homicide has been registered on the basis of the complaints by his family members, who alleged that Tushar had died after being thrashed by someone. The body has been sent for an autopsy. "We are interrogating a few people at the school," said Ajit K Singla, DCP (northeast).Senior police officers said preliminary inquiries did not show any external injury on the body and they were waiting for the autopsy report.His father, Sunil Kumar, a corporation employee, alleged that he had an argument with some students a few months ago and suspected them to be behind the thrashing. "He was our only child and was doing well in studies. He was neither suffering from any stress nor did he have any major ailment. He had never told us about any threat from anyone, too," said Kumar.Tushar's family members told cops that nearly an hour after he was taken to the hospital, the authorities informed them that he was unwell.The school authorities said his friends and some classmates were being questioned to find out if he had recently fallen out with anybody. "We are cooperating with the police," said an official.The family members later blocked the road outside the Khajuri Khas police station, demanding prompt action.

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