Overview

• Police in Nayagarh detained five students aged 12 to 15 in connection with the killing of a madrasa student and produced them before the Juvenile Justice Board.
• Investigators registered a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including murder provisions, and the POCSO Act after recovering the body from a septic tank.
• According to police and the father’s complaint, the boy was allegedly abused for months, survived an attack on August 31, and was strangled on September 2 before his body was dumped.
• A forensic team collected samples and recorded witness statements, and police say the detained juveniles have confessed.
• The madrasa removed the accused from its rolls and seized their birth certificates, and the juveniles were shifted to a correctional facility in Angul.