Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India (August 23, 2025) š®š³
Story: Ten-year-old Sahasra was home alone on a school holiday when her father briefly returned to drop off lunch for her brother. He found her brutally murdered in a pool of blood. With no immediate suspects, the investigation began in their apartment complex. A neighbor, a software engineer, reported seeing a 15-year-old boy named Rahul jumping between buildings near Sahasra's home around the time of the crime. ā ļø
Twist: When questioned, Rahul initially claimed he was only retrieving a ball. But police found a blood-stained knife and clothes hidden in his bag. Under pressure, he confessed: He had been fixated on stealing Sahasra's younger brother's new cricket bat, which the boy had repeatedly refused to lend him. Rahul had even written a plan. While sneaking into the empty-seeming apartment, Sahasra caught him. Panicked, he stabbed her repeatedly to silence her. Investigations later revealed Rahul had been consuming violent militant content on a stolen phone. The tragedy highlighted not only a child's unchecked rage but also the dark influence of unmonitored digital exposure and the devastating consequence of a grudge over something as simple as a toy. š«