Haryana: 13-year-old boy kills friend to defame Nuh madrassa; gets apprehended

CHANDIGARH:  The police on Sunday said that they had solved the murder case of an 11-year-old boy who was found dead inside a madrassa in Haryana’s Nuh and apprehended a 13-year-old student.

“The accused student did not want to study in the madrassa and with the intention of defaming it, he made a plan and strangled Sameer,” a senior police official said.

Sameer, a resident of Ted village in Nuh, was found dead inside the madrassa on Monday.

According to the police, the juvenile said he chose Saturday for the murder of his fellow student due to the large crowd in the madrassa for Friday prayers.

He took Sameer to a room in the basement of the madrasa, killed him and buried him in the sand, the police said.

Nuh's Superintendent of Police Varun Singla said during investigation, it came to fore that the accused boy and the deceased student used to play together and get along well.

However, when police teams visited the madrassa for investigation and questioned some students, he got scared, he said.

During interrogation, the accused confessed that he carried out the incident on Saturday, September 3, the police official said.

The decomposed body of Sameer was recovered by police on September 5 and an FIR was registered at Pinangawa police station.

According to the complaint filed by Sameer's uncle Iqbal, he used to study Urdu and Arabic in Dargah Wala Madrassa in Shah Chaukha village since 2021 and was also staying there.

It was on September 3, one of the villagers Haji Akhtar informed the family that Sameer went missing from the madrassa.

Later his body was found at the institute. 

(With PTI Inputs)

CHANDIGARH:  The police on Sunday said that they had solved the murder case of an 11-year-old boy who was found dead inside a madrassa in Haryana’s Nuh and apprehended a 13-year-old student. “The accused student did not want to study in the madrassa and with the intention of defaming it, he made a plan and strangled Sameer,” a senior police official said. Sameer, a resident of Ted village in Nuh, was found dead inside the madrassa on Monday. According to the police, the juvenile said he chose Saturday for the murder of his fellow student due to the large crowd in the madrassa for Friday prayers. He took Sameer to a room in the basement of the madrasa, killed him and buried him in the sand, the police said. Nuh's Superintendent of Police Varun Singla said during investigation, it came to fore that the accused boy and the deceased student used to play together and get along well. However, when police teams visited the madrassa for investigation and questioned some students, he got scared, he said. During interrogation, the accused confessed that he carried out the incident on Saturday, September 3, the police official said. The decomposed body of Sameer was recovered by police on September 5 and an FIR was registered at Pinangawa police station. According to the complaint filed by Sameer's uncle Iqbal, he used to study Urdu and Arabic in Dargah Wala Madrassa in Shah Chaukha village since 2021 and was also staying there. It was on September 3, one of the villagers Haji Akhtar informed the family that Sameer went missing from the madrassa. Later his body was found at the institute.  (With PTI Inputs)