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<\/div>\nPolice suspect an old dispute as the trigger behind the brutal murder. (Representational)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Three minor boys, the youngest of them 11 years old, allegedly strangled their 12-year-old friend with a cycle chain, smashed his head with a stone and slit his throat with a sharp knife in a village in Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Monday.<\/p>\n
Later, they stuffed the body in a polythene bag and dumped it on a pile of pebbles near their house. The crime came to light after a woman spotted the blood-stained bag and informed the police.<\/p>\n
Police suspect an old dispute as the trigger behind the brutal murder.<\/p>\n
The three boys have been detained and produced in court which sent them to a correctional home for 14 days.<\/p>\n
“The trio, aged 16, 14 and 11 respectively including two brothers, called the 12-year-old boy to a deserted place in Magarkatha village, about 28 km from the Seoni district headquarters, on Sunday,” Barghat police station Inspector Prasanna Sharma told PTI.<\/p>\n
He said the three boys executed the murder like habitual killers.<\/p>\n
“They planned the crime and called their 12-year-old friend to a secluded place. They caught hold of him and strangled him with a cycle chain. As the boy cried in pain, they smashed his head with a big stone, and slit his throat with a sharp knife which is used for slaughtering goats,” Sharma said.<\/p>\n
To ensure that a woman living nearby is not alarmed, the trio stuffed the 12-year-old’s body in a polythene bag, dumped it on a heap of pebbles near their house and fled, the police officer said.<\/p>\n
He said further investigation is underway.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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