- .Asad Khan found dead by his mother at home in Bradford in September
- .He had told his mother that he wanted to change school earlier that day
- .Police now probing claims sixth-formers assaulted him that lunchtime
- .Video reportedly shows pupils 'making him lie down and jumping on him'
Asad Khan was found dead in his home by his mother on September 28 after telling her he wanted to change schools
Police investigating the possible suicide of an eleven-year-old boy believe he may have been beaten up in the playground by older children just hours before his death.
Detectives sifting through evidence from the public believe Asad Khan was bullied before he was found hanged in his bedroom by his mother, Farheen Jan, after telling her he wanted to change schools.
Police are now investigating claims he was assaulted by sixth form students - usually 16-18-year-olds - at his Bradford school at lunchtime on the day of his death.
Asama Javed, a governor of Iqra Primary School, which Asad attended until July, said her nephew had witnessed the assault at Beckfoot Upper Heaton that day.
Mrs Javed said she had also seen a video purporting to show some boys telling Asad to lie down, and encouraging others to jump on him.
Mrs Javed said: 'My nephew said he saw some sixth formers hitting Asad in the playground at lunchtime. He told a teacher, who said they would be dealt with on Friday.'
She has reported her claims to police.
Mrs Javed said: 'I have been to see Asad's mother and she is in complete and utter shock. She is not eating or talking. It's horrific.
'These things need to be investigated and I am going to raise this with the school. I am not saying that any person is to blame for what happened, but if we can learn lessons from this tragedy to identify where we can help vulnerable children, we must do so.
'Our children need to be educated so they are confident to tell someone about it if they are having problems.'
Police are now probing claims that the 11-year-old was beaten up by sixth form students - 16-18-year-olds - at his Bradford school at lunchtime on the day of his death
Detective Inspector Alan Flynn, leading the investigation for Bradford District CID, said it would take some time to process the large amount of information from the public.
He added: 'There is a lot of ongoing work to clarify what was going on in this young lad's life prior to his death.
'We are looking for information from the community and we are setting up a specialist email address for the public so they can provide any information or evidence, including visual, that could assist us in understanding what has occurred.'
Det Insp Flynn said a post-mortem examination would be taking place to establish an exact cause of death.
He added: 'We know this young lad was unfortunately found hanging by his family.
It is also claimed that video shows some boys telling Asad to lie down, and encouraging others to jump on him at Beckfoot Upper Heaton School in Bradford
'There is nothing suspicious in the tragic death itself. Clearly we are trying to establish what he was feeling, and what was going on in his life before he died, for the sake of his family, and the coroner.'
'Clearly we are receiving reports that there may have been a bullying issue. I cannot corroborate that. If we receive information that he was being bullied, we will look into that.
'Bullying is not a criminal offence. But if there is criminal behaviour, like assault, we will look at it.'
Tributes were paid to Year 7 pupil Asad Khan, who died shortly after being taken to hospital from his home in Bradford on Wednesday evening.
The boy was found dead by his mother at his home in Tile Street (pictured), Bradford, and police are now sifting through a huge amount of evidence provided by the public
Pupils and staff at his school are said to be 'united in grief' over the tragedy.
Simon Wade, headteacher, said Asad had only been a pupil at the school for three weeks.
A statement posted to its website said: 'It is with great sadness that we learnt last night of the death of Asad Khan one of the school's newest students.
'The school is united in its grief at this sad time.
'The school community is working together as students, parents and staff come to terms with these events. All our thoughts are with Asad's family at this terribly difficult time.'
A petition has been set-up in Asad's name called Bite Bullying in the Bud. It calls for lessons about the damage bullying can cause to be part of the curriculum and has received more than 15,000 signatures.
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