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<\/div>\nThe accused was arrested on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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A 17-year-old boy was arrested on Sunday for allegedly murdering four members of his family with an axe at a remote village in Tripura’s Dhalai district, police said.<\/p>\n
According to the police, the accused\u00a0killed his grandfather, mother, minor sister, and aunt with an axe when they were sleeping late on Saturday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The accused was arrested on Sunday morning from a nearby market, Dhalai senior police officer Dr Ramesh Chandra Yadav said.<\/p>\n
“In a gruesome incident, a minor boy has killed four of his family members. The accused had been arrested within a few hours of the incident. Further investigation is going on to ascertain the motive of the crime,” the Tripura Police said in a statement.<\/p>\n
According to the police, the boy’s father came home to find blood splattered everywhere, and the bodies dumped in a well.<\/p>\n
Locals claimed that the accused was addicted to television and particularly enjoyed crime investigation shows.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dr Yadav said that the accused had earlier committed a theft in his own house. \u00a0He added that while murdering his family members, the accused played music at a high volume to muffle their screams.<\/p>\n
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem and an investigation has been launched to ascertain the motive behind the gruesome murders.<\/p>\n
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