Koraput: In a shocking incident, two minor boys on Thursday allegedly murdered their friend, a student of Class VII following a quarrel over a mobile phone game at Masiput village under Koraput Town police station limits.
Preliminary investigation by the police suggests that the three minors of Masiput were playing a game on a mobile phone near the village school on Thursday.
Later they had gone near the river to attend to nature’s call where they had a quarrel which turned into a fight in which one got killed.
Apprehending that villagers would come to know about it, the other two minors dragged the deceased’s body to a distance near the river and dumped it.
The police have detained the two minors and they are being quizzed.
“Today morning we received a report from the deceased’s father. Three boys from their village were playing games on a mobile phone near the village school. Later they had gone to attend nature’s call where they had a quarrel which turned into a fight resulting in the death of the boys on the spot,” informed Additional SP Koraput Utkal Keshari Das.
Das said that the duo had bludgeoned the 12-year-old to death on the spot with a stone.
To cover up the death and apprehending that the villagers would come to know about it, the other two dragged and dumped the body near the river, he added.
The Additional SP further informed that a case has been registered under sections 302,34 of the IPC and relevant sections under the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act since the deceased belonged to the scheduled tribe community.
He said that SDPO Koraput is investigating the case and added that the prime accused claims to be of 18-19 years of age which is under investigation.
