Minor dispute leads to death of a student in Odisha. A Class 9 student was stoned to death by two of his friends following a fight over sharing earphones in Rourkela. According to a sources, the body of a 15-year-old boy was found in a bushy area along Hecket Road on Tuesday, the victim was missing since Sunday.
Rourkela: Minor dispute leads to death of a student in Odisha. A Class 9 student was stoned to death by two of his friends following a fight over sharing earphones in Rourkela. According to a sources, the body of a 15-year-old boy was found in a bushy area along Hecket Road on Tuesday, the victim was missing since Sunday.
Police while speaking with media told that the student’s worried parents had lodged a missing complaint at the RN Pali police station after he was not traceable since Sunday evening.
Deceased’s father said he gradually got clues about the incident and the possible involvement of juvenile delinquents, who study in class nine in another school.
With the help of the deceased’s father, the police traced his two friends with whom he used to spend time. Along with the two, another boy, who witnessed the crime has been detained for recording statements, according to Panposh sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Upasana Padhi.
According to preliminary investigation, the teenagers were on their bicycles when a fight broke out over sharing of earphones. The fight took such a terrible turn that both the accused attacked the victim with stones and fled from the spot.
The victim was identified as Rudra Narayan Padhi of Nua Basti. He was a student of Developed Area High School in Civil Township in Rourkela. The police have sent the body for postmortem and further probe into the matter is underway.
