Bariapda: A minor boy was allegedly beaten to death for stealing Rs 500 from a house in his neighbourhood at Kiapanaposi village under Karanjia police limits in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district.
According to sources, a woman and some others in the neighbourhood thrashed the boy on suspicion that he stole the money.
Though the woman confessed to having beaten the boy, she feigned ignorance about his death.
From circumstantial evidence, police suspect that boy had been killed. A forensic team has been deputed to the village for further investigation, the sources added.
