Minor boy kills three people including grandmother in Odisha: Police

During interrogation, the minor boy confessed to having sexually assaulted the woman and hacked her to death while he killed his grandmother as she refused him money

Published on: Jun 20, 2024, 16:31:28 IST

By Debabrata Mohanty

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A 14-year-old boy in Odisha’s Bhadrak district was arrested for allegedly killing his grandmother and two others, one of which he sexually assaulted, police said on Thursday.

The accused confessed to have killed his grandmother a little before killing the 35-year-old woman and her daughter. (Representative file photo)

According to police officials, the minor was found sitting near the body of a 35-year-old tribal woman near a farmland in Raimani village on Wednesday. As he was trying to flee, locals caught him and handed him over to the police.

Hours later, the body of 7-year-old daughter of the deceased woman was found lying under a bridge.

“During interrogation, the minor boy confessed to having sexually assaulted the woman and hacked her to death. As the woman’s daughter was the sole witness to the incident, he killed,” said Bhadrak sub divisional police officer Sourav Ota.

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On Thursday, the body of the accused minor’s grandmother was found a little away from the spot where the two other bodies were found.

“The accused also confessed to have killed his grandmother a little before killing the 35-year-old woman and her daughter. He asked for some money from his grandmother and when she refused, he strangled her with a saree, assaulted her leading to her death. A bag was recovered from the site,” a police official said.

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Debabrata Mohanty
Debabrata Mohanty is a senior assistant editor of Hindustan Times who works as state correspondent from Odisha covering the state's politics, governance, public policy, natural disasters, environment and its society for close to three decades. With his long years of reporting from the state capital of Bhubaneswar, Mohanty has been known as one of the most experienced and credible journalists covering Odisha for the national English dailies. His reporting combines on-ground detail with deep institutional knowledge detailing the state's changing politics, governance issues, administrative reforms and the functioning of its public institutions. He has regularly reported on issues ranging from legislative developments and public policy implementation. Politics is his core areas of expertise as he closely tracks Odisha's political landscape, including the rise and transformation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the two principal political parties in Odisha. His long association with the state's political establishment enables him to write on contemporary developments in a larger political context. Mohanty takes a deep interest in writing human interest stories, environmental issues and documenting the impact of cyclones, floods, heatwaves, and other climate-related events in one of the most disaster-prone states. His coverage extends to public health, governance reforms and stories on accountability of government institutions. Before joining Hindustan Times, Mohanty worked with The Indian Express, Mail Today, and The Telegraph, where he covered at least six general elections and as many assembly elections. In 2007, he was selected for the prestigious Chevening Young Indian Print Journalist Programme at the University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, where he received advanced training in print journalism. In 2009 he won the Press Institute of India-International Committee of Red Cross award on conflict reporting for his on-ground reportage of 2008 Kandhamal riots.Read More

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