Overview
- Police say the brothers were found at their Kathua home Wednesday evening with head injuries, leaving 18-year-old Nakul dead and his 16-year-old brother critical.
- Investigators used forensic teams and call-detail records to identify 19-year-old Parth Verma, also known as Sumit, who they say confessed during questioning.
- Officers recovered a blood-stained cricket bat believed to be the weapon and the victim’s iPhone, with the phone retrieved on the suspect’s disclosure before a magistrate.
- An FIR under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita cites murder and attempt to murder sections, with police later adding house-trespass and causing hurt counts as the probe continued.
- The younger brother remains on a ventilator at AIIMS Vijaypur, and the family, which lost its father years ago, now faces urgent medical needs alongside a pending court process.