Teen murdered: 5 in police custody

Belagavi: Kittur police have taken four minor boys and a youth in connection with the murder of a 16-year-old boy. Prajwal Malleshappa Sunkar, resident of Mallapur village, died at KLE Hospital late on Wednesday night. According to police sources, a group of boys had attacked Prajwal for using filthy language on a social media platform on Tuesday night. Prajwal was badly injured in the incident. Due to severe head injury, he was admitted to KLE Hospital, where he died on Wednesday evening. Police have taken the accused — Vishal Kallawaddar, 19, and other four minor boys into custody. Police sources said the accused used to send provocative messages to the victim to provoke him, by creating a fake account on Instagram. After Prajwal responded in an aggressive and abusive way, the irked group invited him to meet to sort out the issue, and attacked him. A case has been registered at Kittur police station. TNN

3-day police custody for theft accused

Two maids have been remanded in police custody for their alleged involvement in a theft case in Vasco. The theft included gold and cash amounting to Rs 8.9 lakh. The police have managed to recover some of the stolen items and are confident that they will be able to recover the rest. One of the maids confessed to stealing gold worth Rs 6.9 lakh and cash of Rs 2 lakh. Another accomplice is believed to have sold the stolen gold to jewelers.

Mom, lover held for murder of minor boy

A two-year-old mystery surrounding the death of an eight-year-old boy in Bharatpur, India has been solved with the arrest of the boy's mother and her partner. The boy had stumbled upon his mother and her lover in a compromising position and threatened to expose them. In order to maintain their secret relationship, they killed the boy with a mobile charger's cable. The investigation was initially closed in 2021, but recently reopened when the police revisited unsolved cases.