Keralam horror: 17-year-old's body found in sack hanging from tree; police nab teen accused
Initial reports say that the two accused of the brutal murder, aged 17 and 19, had lured the boy to his death over a love dispute
Initial reports say that the two accused of the brutal murder, aged 17 and 19, had lured the boy to his death over a love dispute.
Initial reports say that the two accused of the brutal murder, aged 17 and 19, had lured the boy to his death over a love dispute.
Initial reports say that the two accused of the brutal murder, aged 17 and 19, had lured the boy to his death over a love dispute.
The Sreekaryam Police on Monday detained two teenagers for allegedly dumping a 17-year-old boy's body in a sack and hanging it from a tree in the Pangappara region of the Thiruvananthapuram district in Keralam.
Initial reports claim that the two accused of the brutal murder, aged 17 and 19, had lured the boy to his death in Pangappara's Sreekaryam area over a love dispute. The police had also found a belt tied around the victim's neck, as per local media reports.
The police added that the accused had lured the boy by chatting with him on Instagram using a fake account of a girl, and then allegedly killed him with the help of the 19-year-old.
The victim, identified as a Class 12 student from the Paruthippara NSS Higher Secondary School, had been missing since 3 PM on Sunday, when he left home after telling his parents that he was going to meet his friends.
He had then phoned his father at 7 PM, saying that he would be back soon. When he had not reached home by even 8:30 PM, his family tried to phone him again, but found it switched off.
The news of the murder allegedly came to light information came to light after one of the two accused teens disclosed the murder to another friend, who informed the Sreekaryam Police.
A police team led by the Kazhakoottam Assistant Commissioner reached the spot based on these inputs, and is continuing the probe into the brutal murder.