In the Ganjam district of Odisha, a 17-year-old was detained on Thursday after police reported that he had reportedly used a stone slab to bash a man’s head after the man refused to give him money for alcohol.
The event happened on Tuesday at a liquor store nearby in the Premnagar neighbourhood of this district headquarters town.
The drunk teenager had approached the man as he was returning home, demanded money, and punched him in the head when he refused.
The 48-year-old victim was taken in an ambulance to a local hospital, where staff members pronounced him dead, according to the police.
The child, who is facing two charges, including one for burglary, was just released on bail.
In a separate instance, the police detained two people for allegedly killing a 70-year-old man by beating him to death on Wednesday in Bolasara.
The police said that they had attacked the man’s son, who had allegedly abused them after drinking alcohol and hurt him.