Fresh allegations have surfaced over the death of a 12-year-old Class VII student of Sainik School in Arunachal Pradesh’s East Siang district, after his sister accused senior students of subjecting him to severe bullying and torture before his death. The victim was found dead within the school premises at Niglok on November 1, 2025.
In a video posted on Instagram on Wednesday (November 5, 2025), the victim’s sister, Miss Arunachal 2024, Tadu Lunia, claimed the family was informed that the boy ended his life. However, she alleged that dormitory mates revealed a disturbing sequence of events that might have driven him to take the extreme step.
According to Ms. Lunia, the family learned from fellow cadets that on the night of October 31, 2025, a group of eight Class X students and three from Class VIII allegedly entered the Class VII dormitory after 11 p.m. in the absence of any supervising authority.
The senior boys reportedly forced the juniors to cover their heads with blankets and singled out her brother, taking him to the Class X dormitory.
“No one knows what happened behind that closed door,” Ms. Lunia said, claiming eyewitnesses told the family that the boy was harassed mentally and physically throughout the night.
She further alleged that he was branded as a “thief” over a missing book and threatened with being publicly humiliated during assembly through a video recording.
In her statement, Ms. Lunia said CCTV camera footage reviewed by the investigating officer showed her brother pacing anxiously around the dormitory at around 5.45 a.m., before entering a classroom to write what appeared to be his final note. “His last words were, ‘Seniors tortured me a lot, and I don’t know what I will do now,'” she said.
She expressed anguish that her own identity may have been used against her brother, stating, “I never thought my name could become a burden in the final hours of his life.” The grieving sister also raised concerns over the delayed post-mortem examination report and alleged slow progress in the investigation.
“We know the names of those involved. I fear external interference may affect justice,” she said, urging public support so that “no other family suffers the same fate.”
Meanwhile, the Arunachal Pradesh Police has said eight students have been detained in connection with the case and produced before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) in Pasighat on Tuesday (November 4, 2025).
The board, led by the principal magistrate, sent them into the custody of the school’s vice-principal for seven days, with guardians required to furnish undertakings under the Juvenile Justice Rules.
Police said the case, initially registered as Ruksin police station under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), was upgraded after the cadet’s father filed an additional FIR on November 3, alleging ragging by senior students.
Authorities assured that the probe is under way to determine the complete circumstances leading to the death and to ensure “a fair and logical conclusion”.
Published – November 06, 2025 12:17 pm IST
