Kataka: The gruesome murder of the 15-year-old boy, who was found dead with several stab injuries on the Mahanadi riverbank near Bali Yatra ground in Kataka yesterday, is a fallout of love triangle, informed Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Khilari Rishikesh Dnyandeo.According to the DCP, the victim Sumanta Sahu of the Raja Bagicha area and a student at Saraswati Shishu Mandir, had left his home yesterday morning.Starting from Rajabagicha in Badambadi, he first went to the ‘Sun Shine’ ground, and subsequently to the Lower Bali Yatra ground, located behind the ‘Kataka In Kataka’ where he was found dead, informed the DCP adding that the police are currently investigating who he accompanied.Dnyandeo further said that the preliminary investigations suggest his murder was a ‘social media love triangle.’ The accused, a minor and a student of a college in Kataka City, was identified based on the footages of the CCTV cameras installed near the place of crime and has been arrested. He will be produced before the Principal Magistrate of the Juvenile Justice Board, he stated.The Kataka DCP further intimated that another minor student of a Bhubaneswar college is also implicated in this murder case and efforts are underway to trace and nab him.Meanwhile, patrolling has been intensified in the Lower Bali Yatra grounds.Yesterday, some people spotted a dead body while heading to the river to bathe and subsequently informed the police. The Cuttack DCP, accompanied by personnel from the Cantonment Police Station, arrived at the scene and initiated an investigation. A scientific team and a sniffer dog unit also reached the spot to assist with the probe. The deceased minor hailed from the Banki block but was residing in a rented house in the Raja Bagicha area of Kataka with his family.
Teenager’s gruesome murder near Bali Yatra Ground in Kataka is fallout of love triangle: DCP
