10-year-old-boy sodomised, killed; minor arrested

​Hyderabad: A 10-year-old boy, who went missing since June 28, was found murdered after being sodomised by a minor in the old city. The body of the victim was found on the rooftop of a government school in Barkas area on Thursday.

According to the police, the boy went missing on June 28 and his parents had lodged a complaint with the Chandrayanagutta police.

During investigation, police found that the victim was last seen with his 17-year-old neighbour. The police identified the accused with the help of CCTV footages and picked him up for questioning.

The suspect admitted that he lured the boy to the roof of the building, forcibly indulged in unnatural sex behind the overhead tank. Fearing that the boy might disclose about his act to others, the predator killed the boy by hitting him with an iron rod on his head, the police said.

Meanwhile, the police sources said this was not the first time the accused resorted to sodomy. He is learnt to have admitted before the police that he sodomised at least 15 boys in the past but silenced them offering money to buy eatables.

However, in the latest incident, the victim did not accept money and warned the accused that he would tell his parents about the sexual attack. “My sister’s marriage has been fixed.

Fearing that my sister’s marriage would be disturbed if the sexual assault comes to light, I had to kill the boy,” the accused is learnt to have told the police.

Deputy Commissioner of Police, South Zone, V Satyanarayana, said steps would be taken to prevent recurrence of such incidents.