Chennai: The army has promised full cooperation into the death of a 13-year-old boy, who was killed after a jawan allegedly opened fire as he tried to trespass into a defence area.
Though, the army maintians that it is not invloved in Dilshan's murder, it said on Monday that it will take stern action against anyone who is found guilty.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has ordered a CB-CID probe into the incident and also demanded the army to hand over those behind the killing of 13-year-old Dilshan to the police immediately.
Post-mortem report indicates bullet entry and exit marks on Dhilshan's head and forensic experts believe he was shot from a 15 to 20 foot range.
The incident occurred on Sunday at the Island Grounds area that houses army residential quarters.
Dilshan was rushed to a nearby government hospital, but did not survive. Dilshan's family alleged that he had been shot in the head when he went to the area to pick some fruit.
His death led to anger and outrage on the streets.
Jayalalithaa had announced a compensation of
Rs. 5 lakh for the boy's family on Sunday.
An army official on Sunday, however, had expressed doubts over the involvement of any army personnel in the firing, claiming there were no armed guard in the entire complex.
"It is not correct to say something till we find out the truth. High-ranking police officials are already looking into the issue. It is an unfortunate incident," Brigadier (Administration) Sashi Nair told reporters.
He said the entire complex did not have any armed guards and the security had been outsourced and even those personnel have only sticks to ward off trespassers.
Nair said while some children were walking on the pavement, one of them "probably" tried to pluck something.
"These children are said to have heard gun shots. They immediately ran away and brought their parents who saw the boy with a bullet injury on his head," he added.
(With PTI inputs)
