Rourkela, September 27: A 15-year-old boy, Rudra Narayan Padhi, studying in class IX, was found dead in Rourkela, Odisha. It is alleged that he was beaten to death by three of his friends during a dispute over a pair of earpods. The incident occurred when Rudra was called by his friends to the Udit Nagar area, where they reportedly assaulted him and struck his head with a stone. Subsequently, his lifeless body was disposed of near Sarana Chhak. Odisha Shocker: Student Gets Thrashed by Coaching Centre Teacher Allegedly for Scoring Less Marks, Video Goes Viral.

According to multiple reports, Rudra of Nua Basti in the Balughat area had borrowed the earpods from one of his friends but refused to return them, leading to an argument. Rudra's parents filed a missing person report with the Raghunathpali police when he failed to return home. Police arrested the two boys, who confessed to the murder during questioning, while the third friend, an eyewitness, fled the scene in fear and is currently evading authorities. Odisha Shocker: Youth Kills Minor Girlfriend for ‘Avoiding’ Him in Bolangir; Two Accused Arrested, One Absconding.

In a similar incident, a 16-year-old boy named Mylapalli Chinna was allegedly murdered in Visakhapatnam. His body, wrapped in a plastic sheet, was found in the fishing harbour after concerned locals alerted the police. Chinna, a school dropout residing in the Bhajanakovila locality, had gone out with friends on September 21 and never returned home. Preliminary investigations suggest that he was murdered over minor disputes by some miscreants who later disposed of his body in the water. The police have registered a case and are working to determine the exact motives behind the murder and identify the accused, who are also minors.

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