A 15-year-old boy was beaten to death by his teenage friend for befriending latter’s female friend in South Delhi’s Fatehpur Beri area. The body of Anand was recovered from a jungle in the locality on the instance of the accused youth on Monday. Anand was missing from his house since October 4.
The incident came to the fore on Monday when police reached at the accused’s house in search of Anand. Police said the accused youth has been apprehended and sent to the juvenile home.
Anand’s father, who is a security guard, informed police on October 4 that his son was missing from his house at Sultanpur Estate in Fatehpur Beri area. Police registered a case of kidnapping and tasked several teams in search of the missing boy.
A student of Class IX, Anand befriended the accused, Class X student at a computer class in the area, police said.
During investigations, police found that Anand was last seen with a computer class mate who lives in the same locality. When the juvenile was questioned by the police and he broke down and confessed to his crime.
“The juvenile told us that he was not happy with the friendship of Anand with his female friend who also studies in the computer class. He had threatened Anand and asked him to stay away from the girl but they keep talking,” said a police officer.
In a fit of rage, the juvenile took Anand to a jungle behind a farm house, where he had already hidden an iron rod. The juvenile attacked Anand with the rod on his head and fled from the scene leaving him to die.
The accused’s mother told police that he was not behaving well for some days but he did not tell his family about the act. His family was in shock.