16-yr-old boy killed by classmate due to fight over girl, say police

MEERUT: The body of a Class 11 student, who went missing from his village in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, on Monday, was recovered from jungles in the Nagina area of the district on Thursday, police said, adding that he was abducted and killed by a classmate due to personal enmity involving a fellow female student.

Police said that an FIR of murder had been registered against two minors who have been arrested. The FIR mentions the name of the deceased as Kuldeep.

Additional superintendent of police (rural) Vishwajeet Srivastava

said: “The body of the 16-year-old victim, Kuldeep , was found in the jungles of village Nandpur Khurd. He was a resident of the same village. He was reported to have gone missing at about 5 pm on November 11 after he went somewhere with his friend. His family lodged a missing complaint the next day.”

Police said that one of the accused was Kuldeep’s classmate, while the other was a school drop-out.

“The arrested classmate kidnapped Kuldeep with the help of the school drop-out. According to the post-mortem examination, the murder was committed on Monday. The accused first tried to strangulate the victim, and then slit his throat with a sharp object,” said Srivastava.

“Our probe revealed that Kuldeep was in a relationship with a girl in his class. The arrested classmate, who used to be his close friend, knew about the relationship. For some reason, he shared the girl’s contact number with other boys of the class after which she started receiving objectionable calls and messages... The girl told Kuldeep about this and he confronted his friend,” the ASP said. “They had a fight over it. On Monday, the accused called Kuldeep...The two left for some place after which Kuldeep was not seen.”