Latest News | Teenage Boy Killed by Friend in UP over Monetary Dispute

Amethi (UP), Apr 20 (PTI) The body of a 14-year-old boy was recovered from a forest near Piparpur on Saturday with police suspecting that he was killed by a friend over a monetary dispute.

The victim's 15-year-old friend has been detained on the suspicion of killing Prakhar Gupta following a dispute between them over a monetary transaction related to the sale of a mobile phone, a police official said.

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The victim's mother had complained to the police that her son, Prakhar Gupta, went missing on April 18.

A case was registered at the Ramganj police station on the mother's complaint, Amethi's Superintendent of Police (SP) Anoop Kumar Singh said.

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The police officer said that Prakhar's body was recovered based on the information provided by the accused. The body has been sent for post-mortem, he added.

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