Murder of minor, man arrested

Guwahati, (IANS) | A 32-year-old man has been arrested for killing a minor in Assam’s Cachar district following a dispute over playing a video game on a mobile phone. Officials gave this information on Thursday. The incident took place on Monday when the accused, Deepak Nath, asked the minor to stop playing video games as the exam was round the corner.

However, the deceased’s father Manmohan Nath claimed, “My son went to Deepak Nath’s house when I was out.” During this, after some altercation, he took my child to a field and beat him up and left him there. I took the son to the hospital, the doctors declared him brought dead.

However, the brawl appears to have started over a mobile video game, said Numal Mahto, Superintendent of Police of Cachar district. He indicated that there may be other factors at play as well.

He said, after visiting the house of the victim, it appears that there was no family dispute. Before taking any decision, we will gather more information during the interrogation of the main suspect, who has already been apprehended.

On the complaint of Mahendra Nath, the police arrested Deepak Nath on Wednesday evening. Local police claim that another aspect has also come to the fore during the preliminary investigation.

Another police officer said that it is reported that after an altercation with the accused Deepak Nath, the child attempted to hang himself in the bathroom and the accused slapped the boy several times.

Family members found the minor unconscious. The child was taken to Silchar Medical College, where doctors declared him brought dead.

–IANS