The teen was attacked with broken bottles and glasses in an East Delhi market, police said. (File)
A 15-year-old boy was injured with glass shards by a group of young men in East Delhi's Farsh Bazar area for asking them not to throw water balloons at him, police said.
The teenager was returning from his tuition classes when the a group of juvenile boys threw the balloons at him. When he protested and hurled abuses at them, they attacked him with broken bottles and glasses lying nearby, police said.
A case of attempted murder has been registered against the accused and they have been apprehended, police said.
The victim has told the cops that the incident occurred around 6:15 pm on Friday while he was returning from tuition classes with one of his friends on a scooter when they were waylaid by a group of boys near the Bihari colony in Farsh Bazar.
When his friend protested, one of the accused walked up to them and tried to push him off the scooter. The victim, sitting pillion, got off the scooter and tried to intervene when the youth started thrashing him as well.
"My friend tried to intervene but they (the accused) threatened him with dire consequences," he told police.
Family members of the victim said he has been preparing for his board exams, which are round the corner, and had planned not to participate in the festivals this year.
The victim had lost his father recently and stays with his uncles and other family members at a colony near Farsh Bazar.