Teenager boy killed minor over 'illegal' affair in Telangana, police say

Fearing that Suresh would reveal the affair in public, the accused, on the fateful day, took him on his bicycle to a desolate place in the fields where he stabbed him ten times with the knife he had brought with him, police said.

Hyaderabad: Police on Tuesday claimed to have cracked a murder of a 12-year-old boy in Kamareddy district of Telangana two days ago by arresting a 17-year-old boy from the deceased's village.

The victim, identified by police as Suresh from Akkampally, was found dead in Tandur area of Nagireddypet Mandal of Kamareddy district on Sunday February 6 in a suspicious condition. Police registered a murder case following a complaint by the deceased's father that there were stab wounds on the body, and began an investigation. As per a police spokesman, during the course of investigation, it came to the fore that the accused boy, 17, from the same village had an illegal affair with a woman and Suresh knew about it.

Fearing that Suresh would reveal the affair in public, the accused, on the fateful day, took him on his bicycle to a desolate place in the fields where he stabbed him ten times with the knife he had brought with him, police said. “He hid his bicycle in a crop field after ensuring Suresh was dead, escaped”. Police said the accused has been taken into custody and confessed to the murder during interrogation.

He has been shifted to a juvenile home even as the bicycle and a cell phone have been seized along with the knife used in the murder, added police.