Overview
- Police said a 16-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl were killed with sharp weapons and their bodies were found near the Marangburu foothills in Khunti.
- The pair had attended a Chhau dance at Saiko Market Ground, and officers believe the attack happened nearby near Hadia Market.
- Investigators reported an argument involving the boy and a group of youths that escalated into an abduction and assault in a nearby field.
- Villagers discovered the bodies and alerted Soyko police, who sent them for autopsy and later handed them to the families.
- Khunti police set up a Special Investigation Team and began raids, and investigators said they have found no evidence so far for an honour killing or a love-affair dispute.