India, June 2 -- A week nearly being shot at a restaurant in Amar Colony, a 17-year-old boy succumbed to his injuries at the AIIMS Trauma Centre Monday morning, police said.

The victim, who had a class 12 student at a private school in south Delhi, had been on the ventilator since the incident on May 26 when the bullet hit the back of his neck.

Police said the postmortem examination will be conducted on Tuesday

Speaking to HT over the phone, his father, with his voice heavy with emotion said, "Such men should get the strictest punishment. Today, they have done this with my son. Tomorrow, they will do it with someone else."

The 37-year-old who runs a laundry business in Chhatarpur said his son paid the price for standing up for his fri...