Gurgaon Murder: He saw father’s stolen phone and paid with his life, Gurgaon teen stabs boy 20 times with scissors; cites old grudge | Gurgaon News

GURGAON: A 16-year-old boy was apprehended for the alleged murder of his seven-year-old neighbour, stabbing him nearly 20 times with scissors before hiding the body behind bushes near KMP Expressway.

According to police, the murder was the fallout of an incident two months ago when the victim spotted the accused with his father’s stolen phone. The matter escalated when the younger boy’s father confronted the teen’s family, leading to a public apology and the 16-year-old being beaten up by his father in front of others. This episode, police said, left him seething with revenge.Although the two children continued to play together after the incident a couple of months, the accused was allegedly plotting his revenge. The opportunity came on Saturday when the victim stepped out to play after completing his homework. The teen allegedly lured the younger boy away from the residential area and launched a savage attack on him near the expressway, repeatedly stabbing him in the chest and stomach.“I had told my son not to play with him, but he was a kid. Neither did I think that such an incident could ever happen,” said the victim’s father, who works as a courier delivery partner in the city.The victim’s mother, who had left him in his father’s care before heading to work, grew worried when he didn’t return home by his usual time of 8-8.30pm. After hours of searching, she filed a missing person’s report late on Saturday night. The body was discovered the next morning in the green belt area near Kalwadi village.“After retrieving the phone, the boy and his father had to apologise to the victim’s family. Harbouring resentment, the minor lured the boy away from home and stabbed him 18-20 times with scissors, leading to his death,” a police officer said.The case unfolded rapidly as police questioned the victim’s friends and zeroed in on the accused, who confessed to the crime during questioning. The accused will be presented in a juvenile court on Monday.The boy’s father said he could never imagine that a seemingly minor incident would snowball into a murder this ghastly. “Two months ago, my son told me he saw him with my stolen mobile phone. I told him it might be a different phone, but he kept insisting it was the same,” the father recalled. The truth emerged when other children playing with the same phone revealed they had received it from the accused.“I called his parents to my house and narrated the whole incident. Both the father and son apologised. In anger, his father started beating him up, but I stopped him,” he added.