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Pune minors kill boy over WhatsApp status, morning walkers find his body
The 17-year-old boy’s body was recovered from a hill in Pune city’s Kothrud area.
The police said the boys first took the Class 12 student to a temple in the Rajgad area. (File Photo)
Morning walkers in Pune city’s Kothrud area stumbled on the body of a 17-year-old boy on a hill on Wednesday, hours after two minor friends allegedly murdered him over a dispute regarding a social media status.
The police said the minor boys took the Class 12 student from Kothrud to a temple in the Rajgad area on Tuesday night to confront him over the Instagram and WhatsApp status he had uploaded in support of some others who had beaten one of the boys a few days earlier.
Later, in the early hours of Wednesday, they went to the hill near the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) building in Kothrud, where the two boys allegedly attacked the victim with an iron rod, causing his death.
The boys allegedly dumped the body on the hill and left. The police detained the minors after booking them for murder based on a complaint filed by the victim’s father at the Kothrud station.
Police Inspector Sunil Karote said the two minors had no previous criminal record.
The police also confirmed that the victim was present with the two boys before his death.
The police reached the spot after the morning walkers informed them about the body.
© The Indian Express Pvt Ltd
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