By PTI
AGARTALA: A 16-year-old boy allegedly murdered three members of his household and a neighbour at a distant village in Tripura’s Dhalai district and dumped their our bodies in a effectively, a senior police officer mentioned on Sunday. The accused has been detained for interrogation, the officer mentioned.
“Initial investigations suggest that the boy, a resident of Kamalpur subdivision, routinely consumed drugs. He killed his mother, grandfather, 10-year-old sister and a neighbour on Saturday morning when his father was away. The motive of the crime is not clear as yet,” the officer mentioned.
According to the officer, the boy’s father got here dwelling to search out blood splattered in all places, and the our bodies dumped within the effectively subsequent to the home. The father raised an alarm, following which villagers knowledgeable the police in regards to the incident.
Villagers claimed that they might hear loud music enjoying round 9.30 am on the family of the accused, and hours later his father discovered the 4 our bodies within the effectively.
“We suspect that he played loud music to keep other villagers in the dark,” the police officer mentioned. The our bodies have been recovered on Saturday night and despatched for autopsy, he mentioned.
“There have been damage marks on the our bodies which point out the killer used blunt object to homicide the 4 individuals.
However, the precise explanation for dying will probably be identified solely after the postmortem report arrives,” the officer mentioned, including that the accused was detained as he was making an attempt to flee the village.
AGARTALA: A 16-year-old boy allegedly murdered three members of his household and a neighbour at a distant village in Tripura’s Dhalai district and dumped their our bodies in a effectively, a senior police officer mentioned on Sunday. The accused has been detained for interrogation, the officer mentioned.
“Initial investigations suggest that the boy, a resident of Kamalpur subdivision, routinely consumed drugs. He killed his mother, grandfather, 10-year-old sister and a neighbour on Saturday morning when his father was away. The motive of the crime is not clear as yet,” the officer mentioned.
According to the officer, the boy’s father got here dwelling to search out blood splattered in all places, and the our bodies dumped within the effectively subsequent to the home. The father raised an alarm, following which villagers knowledgeable the police in regards to the incident.
Villagers claimed that they might hear loud music enjoying round 9.30 am on the family of the accused, and hours later his father discovered the 4 our bodies within the effectively.
“We suspect that he played loud music to keep other villagers in the dark,” the police officer mentioned. The our bodies have been recovered on Saturday night and despatched for autopsy, he mentioned.
“There have been damage marks on the our bodies which point out the killer used blunt object to homicide the 4 individuals.
However, the precise explanation for dying will probably be identified solely after the postmortem report arrives,” the officer mentioned, including that the accused was detained as he was making an attempt to flee the village.
