Cuttack Police Arrests Murderer of 13-year-old Boy

By Express News Service

Key Details

CUTTACK: The Commissionerate police in Cuttack, India, have successfully cracked the disturbing murder case of a 13-year-old boy. The victim’s body was discovered on December 17, lying in a pool of blood with a slit throat near a pond in Purbakachha village. The police have apprehended the killer, Jogendra Panda alias Babula, a 25-year-old resident of Purbakachha.

Confession and Motive

According to the police, the accused, Babula, confessed to murdering the boy after the victim resisted his repeated attempts to sexually assault him. The 13-year-old had gone missing since December 16, after an argument with his father, Jagannath Behera, over his lack of focus on studies.

Discovery of the Body

On the morning of December 17, locals stumbled upon the boy’s lifeless body with a slit throat on the paddy field road leading to the village pond, Chandan Pokahari. They immediately informed the victim’s family and the police, who subsequently registered a murder case and initiated an investigation.

Investigation and Arrest

A special police team, led by ACP-Zone-1 Arun Kumar Swain, was formed to solve the case. The team extensively reviewed CCTV footage and compiled a list of known troublemakers, criminals, and drug addicts in the area. Through their investigation, it was revealed that the boy was killed on the rooftop of an abandoned cyclone shelter in the village, and his body was then dumped near Chandan Pokhari.

The team focused on individuals who frequented the cyclone shelter for drug use and identified Babula as a suspect. He was known to sit on the roof of the shelter while indulging in intoxication. The accused had fled the area two days after the incident, but after relentless efforts, he was apprehended on Sunday while hiding in a paddy field near Padmapur.

Babula’s Confession and the Gruesome Act

During the interrogation, Babula admitted to befriending the victim in July and subjecting him to repeated acts of sodomy. He would lure the boy with biscuits and chocolates to the first floor of the abandoned cyclone shelter. On December 16, Babula took the boy to the shelter as usual, but this time the victim resisted, threatening to disclose the abuse to his father.

Enraged by the boy’s resistance, Babula assaulted him with a broken wooden door bottom, causing the victim to fall unconscious. The accused then went to his house, retrieved a sickle, and slit the boy’s throat. He later moved the lifeless body from the cyclone shelter to the road near Chandan Pokhari, where it was abandoned.

Seizure of Weapons and Conclusion

The police have successfully seized the weapons used in the crime, including the broken wooden door bottom and the sickle. DCP Pinak Mishra confirmed the recovery of the weapons and the arrest of the accused, Babula.

The horrific murder case has sent shockwaves through the community, and the police’s swift action in solving the case has provided some solace to the victim’s family. The investigation is ongoing, and the accused will face trial for his heinous crimes.

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<br /> CUTTACK: Commissionerate police on Monday claimed to have cracked the gruesome murder of a 13-year-old boy whose body was found lying in a pool of blood with slit throat near a pond at Purbakachha village within Jagatpur police limits on December 17 morning and arrested the killer. </p> <p>The 25-year-old accused identified as Jogendra Panda alias Babula of Purbakachha has reportedly confessed to having murdered the boy after the latter resisted his frequent attempts to sodomise him. </p> <p>Briefing mediapersons, DCP Pinak Mishra said the deceased had been missing since December 16 morning. The boy had reportedly left home after his father Jagannath Behera, a mason, rebuked him for not focusing on his studies. googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(\’div-gpt-ad-8052921-2\’); });</p> <p>On December 17 morning, some locals found the boy’s body lying in a pool of blood with slit throat on the paddy field road leading to the village pond Chandan Pokahari and informed his family as well as police.</p> <p>After the recovery of the body, the boy’s elder brother filed an FIR based on which a murder case was registered and an investigation carried out. </p> <p>Police formed a special team headed by ACP-Zone-1 Arun Kumar Swain which verified the CCTV footage and also drew up a list of local antisocial elements, criminals and addicts.</p> <p> During investigation, it came to light that the boy was killed on the rooftop of the cyclone shelter in the village and subsequently thrown near Chandan Pokhari.</p> <p>“The special team then focused on the movement of the persons who used to congregate at the cyclone shelter for using intoxicants and started screening them. They found the accused Babula used to sit on the roof of the shelter for intoxication and had absconded from the locality after two days of the incident,” said Mishra. </p> <p>After much effort, the accused who was hiding in a paddy field near Padmapur was apprehended on Sunday.</p> <p>During interrogation, Babula confessed that he had befriended the boy last July and had been sodomising him by providing him biscuits and chocolates on the first floor of the abandoned cyclone shelter. </p> <p>Babula had taken the boy to the cyclone shelter on December 16. However, the boy resisted and stated that he would disclose the matter to his father. Enraged, the accused assaulted the boy with a broken wooden door bottom. The boy fell down there and became unconscious. The accused then went to his house, brought a sickle and slit his throat.</p> <p>He then shifted the dead body from the cyclone shelter to the road near Chandan Pokhari and abandoned it there, Mishra added.</p> <p>The weapons of offence i.e. a wooden door bottom and the sickle have also been seized, informed the DCP.  Follow The New Indian Express channel on WhatsApp<br />