Youth hacked to death, severed head thrown inside police station in Puducherry

Members of an unidentified gang severed the boy’s head the threw it inside a police station.

A 17-year-old youth was hacked to death on Thursday by members of an unidentified gang who severed his head and threw it inside a police station in neighbouring Tamil Nadu.

Police have registered a case and are investigating the gory crime. (Shutterstock)

The body of the deceased, identified as Swethan, was dumped in a lake bed in Bahoor village of Puducherry.

Police of both the neighbouring Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are probing the incident. The body was shifted to the Puducherry government hospital for post mortem.

Police have registered a case and are investigating the gory crime.