Mumbai: Two underage boys, aged 15 and 17, were detained by the DN Nagar Police recently on charges of allegedly killing their roommate, also a minor. Police said the victim was 15-years-old. According to police, the motive for the killing was a dispute. Both the accused have been sent to the Children’s Home at Dongri. The victim was related to the younger of the two accused. The trio lived together at Ganesh Nagar at Andheri (E), and worked in restaurants for a living. On Thursday, the accused allegedly strangled the victim with a piece of cloth. He was rushed to a hospital where doctors pronounced him dead. Police investigations revealed the accused had kept the dead body for a day and informed the victim’s father that he died by suicide. Post-mortem examination revealed homicide. Police are probing two possible theories. One is that the victim had complained about the accused to their employer causing him to yell at them. The other theory is that the younger accused took objection to the victim speaking ill about a girl they knew.
