A 16-year-old boy was arrested in connection with the murder of an elderly woman Swarnalata Rath (49) of Ramnagar second line in the city on July 23, said the Brahmapur police on Sunday.
Briefing reporters here, Brahmapur SDPO PK Patnaik said the minor, son of a neighbour to the deceased, killed Rath when she protested the boy to loot her house on the day. The boy had violently stabbed Rath 18 times by a knife till she is dead, said Patnaik.
The Baidyanathpur police arrested the boy after tracking his mobile phone. The police seized a pair of gold bangles, a pair of gold earrings, a mobile and a knife from the boy’s possession.