Muzaffarnagar: A 14-year-old boy has been missing since September 21 after being scolded for a quarrel with a classmate, police said on Tuesday.
His family staged a protest against the school authorities, alleging negligence.
The boy, identified as Aryan Kumar, a Class 9 student at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Baghra village, was last seen following the incident.
"On a complaint from the school and the boy's parents, a case has been registered and a search operation has been launched," SP (Rural) Aditya Bansal told reporters.
According to the complaint filed by the school principal, Aryan had a quarrel with a classmate and was reprimanded. He has been missing since then.
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