Overview

• Cyberabad police arrested a 14-year-old neighbour in the Aug. 18 Kukatpally murder and produced him before the juvenile court, which remanded him to an observation home.
• Investigators recovered the knife, the stolen cricket bat and the clothes worn during the offence, with forensic tests detecting human blood on the garments.
• A handwritten note seized from the boy outlined an earlier plan to steal Rs 80,000 and cause a gas-cylinder leak to burn the house, which police say he abandoned before attempting to take only the bat.
• Officers report the teen initially tried to mislead them, but witness statements, crime-scene work and sustained questioning tied him to the killing.
• The victim’s family protested outside the police station demanding severe punishment as inquiries continue into motive and the boy’s background, including reported OTT crime-thriller viewing and school attendance.