Baragada: A seven-year-old boy was killed in Karnapa village under Bijepur police station limits of Baragada district after an argument over fishing, police said, adding that a 13-year-old boy is being questioned in connection with the death. The body of the victim, Ashish Bhue, son of Rajendra Bhue, was recovered Friday from a spot the accused minor pointed out to officers.
Police said the 13-year-old, who has not been named, killed the younger boy by strangling him with a gamchha, a traditional cotton towel. Baragada Superintendent of Police Rabindra Nath Satapathy said the two boys had an argument over fishing and that the murder followed. Ashish left home to play after lunch October 21 and did not return. His family searched for him and then alerted police when they could not find him. Relatives later learned that he had gone with the other boy to a pond to catch fish with hook and line. Police went to the older boy’s home the same day, but he was not there.
Acting on information that he had returned, officers raided the house late Thursday night and brought him and his family members to the police station for questioning. During questioning, police said they obtained leads in the case. The boy showed officers the scene and the body, which was recovered Friday. Police sent the body to the District Headquarters Hospital for post-mortem. Bijepur police registered a murder case (301/26) and are investigating with assistance from a scientific team. The 13-year-old remains in police custody for questioning.
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