Bengaluru: A week-long mystery surrounding the sudden disappearance of a 16-year-old girl ended Saturday evening after Sathanur police exhumed her body from an agricultural farm in Kanakapura. Her murder and subsequent cover-up came to light following a drunken confession by the accused minor boy’s uncle at a local bar.The victim and the 16-year-old accused, both hailing from families of daily-wage labourers, befriended each other on Instagram. Last month, the teenagers eloped from Bengaluru. The girl reportedly informed her parents she was moving to Sathanur in Kanakapura to live with a friend. Instead, the minor couple began living together, finding work as daily wage earners.According to police sources, tragedy struck on July 10. The boy reportedly spotted the girl chatting with someone on her mobile phone. Driven by suspicion, a heated argument ensued. The boy snatched a double-barrel gun belonging to his uncle and aimed it at the girl to intimidate her. However, the weapon accidentally went off, killing the girl on the spot.Alarmed by the sudden turn of events, the boy secretly buried her body near an agricultural farm in Sathanur the same day.For a week, the crime remained buried until Friday, July 17. The boy’s uncle, under heavy influence of alcohol in a Sathanur bar, inadvertently revealed details of the crime to fellow patrons. He said how his minor nephew used the double-barrel gun to shoot his live-in partner and how the body was hidden in a nearby field.Alerted by locals who overheard the shocking revelation, Sathanur police swung into action. On Saturday evening, police teams rushed to the agricultural site and exhumed the minor girl’s remains in the presence of local authorities.Cops have secured the spot and taken the accused minor into custody.
