
Five smaller students of Madras in the Osis district of Nayagarh were arrested by the police for the alleged killing of a twelve -year -old boy of the institution and silencing his body into a septic tank, said an officer on Sunday (September 7, 2025).
The incident occurred 2 September in Madrasa, located within the limits of the RANPUR Police Station in the Nayagarh district. The police registered the case of 3 September and five accused smaller boys in the age group 12 to 15 years were taken on Saturday (September 6, 2025), Nayagarh, another police superintendent (ASP), said Subhas Chandra Panda.
The preliminary investigation revealed that the victims who came from the Badamba area in the Cuttack district allegedly threatened seniors by revealing their sexual abuse of junior students. The victim was reportedly sexually abused by the head of the prisoner of Madras in the last six months and tried to kill him also 31. August, said asp.
Mr. Panda said that although he initially appeared as an accident after gaining the body of the victim from the septic tank, the evidence later showed that he was physically tortured and killed. “He learned that the victim had been sodomized by two older boys, including the 15 -year -old prisoner of Madras before he was killed and his body threw into a septic tank,” said asp.
The boy was strangled to death by the main accused and his four collaborators. “All five were taken into custody and made by court,” ASP said, adding that the case was registered under Section 103 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhit (BNS), murder accusations and POOSO Act.
While the three boys were booked for murder accusations, one for murder and under the law on POOSO and the other only according to the law of Pocso.
The accused were moved to a correction facility for juveniles in Angulu.
Published – 7 September 2025 14:11 is