Minor held for killing friend over Rs 200

Police said the body of 13-year-old Ankit was found lying in a vacant plot in Madiaon.

The police on Sunday arrested a minor boy for allegedly murdering his friend, who had lent him Rs 200, by battering his head with a brick in Madiaon police station area on Saturday evening.

Police said the body of 13-year-old Ankit was found lying in a vacant plot in Madiaon area on Sunday morning.

Ankit had lent Rs 200 to his 14-year-old friend about a month ago, and had since been demanding the money back, said a police spokesperson.

On Saturday, Ankit and the friend went to a plot near Subhash School where Ankit threatened to take the boy’s bicycle if he failed to return the money. Then, police said, the boy hit Ankit on the head with a brick and when he threatened to tell his parents then the accused attacked him again. The repeated blows, said police, resulted in Ankit’s death.

Madiaon Station Officer Santosh Kumar Singh said Ankit’s father had lodged an FIR against the boy who has admitted to killing his friend.

Source:: Indian Express