Kundapur, Jan 12: In a shocking incident, a Class 4 boy, who went missing after leaving his home at Kota near here, on Saturday, was found dead in a well under mysterious circumstances on Monday.
Police retrieved the body of Sughosh Adiga (9) from a well at Bannadi-Upladi area with the help of local residents and fire personnel and sent it for post mortem.
It is learnt that Sughosh had left his house in his bicycle on Saturday afternoon after the minor boy from the neighbouring house invited him to play. However, he did not come back. Family members grew suspicious after his bicycle was found abandoned near the house.
Police sources said that a quarrel broke out between the 9-year-old boy and 15-year-old neighbour after the two had some snacks at the latter's house at around 3 p.m. In the melee, the younger one was injured and accidentally suffocated to death. Panicked over the incident, the neighbour threw his body into a well and returned home without informing anyone.
However, when the family members of Adiga asked the neighbour he had reportedly told them that former had left home soon after having the snacks.
Adiga's mother, whose husband had died of cardiac arrest around three months ago, is under shock after seeing her son's dead body. Adiga's elder brother, who is pursuing I PUC at a nearby college, now has to take care of her ailing mother.
The accused, who was picked up by the police for questioning on Monday morning, when he returned from his grandmother's house in Shivamogga, revealed the truth. Based on the information given by the boy, the cops searched for the dead body in the well and found it, sources said.
Enraged over the incident, the local residents pelted stones at the house where the minor accused stays along with his uncle.
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