8 boys held in Aman murder case in Banda

Jhansi: The Hamirpur crime branch on Thursday arrested eight accused, who are all minors and high school students, in connection with the murder of their fellow teenager friend over a month ago. The arrested persons include the main accused.

Sanjay Tripathi, the father of the deceased Aman Tripathi, and his mother Madhu, who were on a hunger strike for the past two days, called it off after the intervention of the local administration on the assurance of justice in the matter.

Sanjay Tripathi is a local BJP leader.

The parents of the deceased had gone on a hunger strike demanding a CBI enquiry as the local Banda police failed to take any action. As a result, IG Banda-Chitrakoot, K Sttyanarayan had to transfer the case to crime branch Hamirpur.

Talking to TOI, IG Banda said that all the accused are high school students. “The deceased and the main accused had some fight. All the accused have been sent to a remand room in Chitrakoot.”

On October 11, Aman had gone to coaching class and went missing. It later came to light that he was invited by the main accused to his birthday the same day where he was murdered. On October 13, his body was recovered from river Ken in a bad condition with bruises on the head.

Talking to TOI, the father of the deceased said, “There are a few more persons involved in this case who have a criminal background. I have been assured by the IG that he will be recommending the case for CBI enquiry. The moment I get the letter of recommendation, I will end my protest.”


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