{"id":88397,"date":"2025-08-22T21:08:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T21:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/88397\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T21:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T21:08:11","slug":"caught-stealing-cricket-bat-14-yr-old-killed-minor-girl-hyderabad-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/88397\/","title":{"rendered":"Caught stealing cricket bat, 14-yr-old killed minor girl | Hyderabad News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/117518063.jpg\" alt=\"Caught stealing cricket bat, 14-yr-old killed minor girl\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> Hyderabad: Five days after a 10-year-old girl was found dead in her house with 21 stab injuries on her neck and stomach, police nabbed a 14-year-old boy on Friday for allegedly murdering the minor. Cops suspect the boy killed the girl as she spotted him trying to steal a cricket bat from her house.Sources in Cyberabad police told TOI the suspect, a Class X student, was being questioned. An FIR is expected to be registered Saturday.Police have retrieved a notebook from the suspect&#8217;s house in which he jotted down details of his plan to commit theft in the victim&#8217;s house. In the note, the boy mentioned his intention to steal Rs 80,000 in cash and subsequently cause a gas cylinder leak to set it ablaze. &#8220;However, it appears he changed his plan and decided to only steal the bat,&#8221; said a senior officer from Cyberabad.The murder came to light on Aug 18 when the girl&#8217;s father found her dead at home in Sangeeth Nagar, Kukatpally. Initial investigation revealed the girl was stabbed to death with a knife while she was alone. Her parents were away at work and her younger brother was in school.&#8221;Absence of CCTV cameras in the area made the investigation difficult. After questioning multiple persons, we zeroed in on the minor boy, who lives in the neighbourhood,&#8221; a police source said.The boy, who occasionally played cricket with the victim&#8217;s brother, had seen a bat in the house some time ago. On the day of crime, he allegedly entered the house intending to steal the bat, officers said.&#8221;He jumped on to the roof of the victim&#8217;s house from the roof of the neighbouring house. He had a knife on him,&#8221; said the source, adding, &#8220;When the girl screamed for help on seeing him attempting to steal the bat, he killed her by indiscriminately attacking her with the knife.&#8221;Police said crime scene recreation was yet to be done. Cops are also verifying the juvenile&#8217;s social media accounts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hyderabad: Five days after a 10-year-old girl was found dead in her house with 21 stab injuries on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[65945,65944,64,63,740,65946,65943,62025,41133,62026,62027,85,65947,62028],"class_list":["post-88397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-10-year-old-girl-death","tag-14-year-old-murder-suspect","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-cyberabad-police-investigation","tag-hyderabad-crime","tag-hyderabad-latest-news","tag-hyderabad-news","tag-hyderabad-news-live","tag-hyderabad-news-today","tag-sports","tag-teenage-criminal","tag-today-news-hyderabad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}