The police have confirmed that a Palghar teenage boy killed his next-door neighbour, an eight-year-old girl because she teased him, stated a report in PTI. According to the report, the girl's body was found three days after the terrible incident that occurred in Pelhar village on December 1. The Jalna district 16-year-old boy was taken into custody by the authorities for the murder, and his father was also taken into custody for his role in attempting to dispose of the victim's body.

Authorities from the Pelhar police station in Vasai taluka state that the victim vanished after leaving her house to get ice cream. When her family reported her missing, the police launched a search for her. Regretfully, her lifeless body was discovered inside the same unoccupied room, hidden in a plastic bag, the report added.