Overview
- The 11-year-old, who attended a wedding in Malauli Gosai village on Wednesday evening, suffered severe burns after a clash over sweets.
- Witnesses offered two versions of how he was hurt, with one saying diesel was poured and ignited and another saying he was forced onto a burning tandoor, a clay oven, and fell in.
- The child was treated locally, then referred to Ayodhya Medical College, and later shifted to Lucknow for advanced care.
- An FIR based on a complaint by his maternal uncle names an unidentified catering worker under attempt-to-murder provisions of the new criminal code, and police teams are conducting raids to arrest the suspect who fled.
- The boy, identified as Amar alias Chaman, is a Class 2 student from Gonda who was staying with maternal relatives, and the case has stirred concern about safety and supervision at crowded public functions.