15-year-old boy allegedly murdered after witnessing couple together in Khammam

A 15-year-old boy from Chinnakorukondi in Khammam district died after allegedly being given a pesticide-laced soft drink by a youth and a woman. Police said the two conspired to kill him after he witnessed their relationship. Both were arrested

Khammam: Witnessing an alleged illicit affair maintained by a youth at his native village proved costly for a 15-year-old boy as he was murdered by him and a married woman in Kallur mandal in the district.

According to police, the deceased J Ravi (15) was studying tenth standard at SC Gurukul at Sathupalli and came home to Chinnakorukondi for Dasara holidays last month. The woman Aparna, who was separated from her husband, was staying at her grandmother’s house at the same village for the past few months.

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She got acquainted with the youth, Ajay and it led to an illicit relationship between them. The deceased caught the pair together in a private moment and threatened to inform his family. Fearing this, the two allegedly conspired to kill the boy.

On October 24, they took the boy to the outskirts of the village and gave him a soft drink laced with pesticide. As he fell ill his family members rushed him to the Government Hospital in Khammam and later to Warangal, where he died on Sunday.

Based on the complaint by the deceased boy’s family members the police have registered a case, conducted an investigation, arrested the accused, and remanded them to judicial custody on Monday.