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17-year-old farm labourer found murdered in Jagraon
Police suspect the teen was strangled to death as there were injury marks on his neck and a piece of rope was also found near the body.
A 17-year-old farm labourer was found murdered in the fields in Jagraon’s Punjabi Bagh area on Monday morning. Police suspect the teen was strangled to death as there were injury marks on his neck and a piece of rope was also found near the body.
A case of murder has been registered against the unidentified accused at the Jagraon City police station.
Police said the deceased hailed from Sundar Nagar of Odisha. He worked for a farmer on Kachha Malak road. The boy had started working there in February this year and used to live at the farmer’s house and work in his field.
On Sunday morning, the teenager went somewhere and did not return. After failing to find him, the farmer filed a missing person’s complaint.
Jagraon city station house officer (SHO), inspector Jagjit Singh said a villager spotted the body and alerted the police. The SHO added that it could be a case of old rivalry but they were looking at all angles.
