11-year-old boy kills 10-year-old girl in MP

Rozana Spokesman

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An 11-year-old boy was nabbed here in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly killing a 10-year-old girl on suspicion that she had killed his pet a rat

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Indore: An 11-year-old boy was nabbed here in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly killing a 10-year-old girl on suspicion that she had killed his pet, a rat, police said.

The boy allegedly crushed the head of the girl, a student of class 5, with a stone in Lasudia police station area, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) HC Mishra said, adding that the victim died on the spot.

The boy told police that he suspected the girl had killed his pet rat after an argument, he added.

"He also harboured a grudge against the victim as she used to defeat him in games on mobile phones," Mishra said.

The boy will be sent to a child correctional home after the case work gets over, he said.

He said police are awaiting postmortem report.