Plea to transfer probe into death of 16-year-old boy

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Madurai police to file a status report to a petition that sought transfer of probe into the death of a 16-year-old boy in Madurai to any other investigating agency.

Justice R. Vijayakumar was hearing the petition filed by K. Yogalakshmi. The petitioner, mother of the boy, said her son, who had gone missing on September 6, was found dead the next day in a pond near Anaiyur pumping station.

She said her son had gone out with his friends that afternoon and had failed to return home. When she asked his friends about him, they gave her contradictory statements, she said.