Mangaluru: The dead body of a 16-year-old boy who went missing on Sunday was found on Monday at Nethravathi River at Hoigebazar here in the city.

The deceased boy has been identified as Drishyanth (16), a 9th-grade student of Rosario School in Pandeshwar. Drishyanth is the son of Asha and Chinappa, residents of Mahakali Padpu in the city.

According to the reports, Drishyanth was last seen commentating at a cricket match at Mahakali Padpu ground on Sunday afternoon around 3:30 pm. He reportedly left from the ground along with some of his friends.

When he did not return home till evening, his parents enquired about him to his friends who were clueless about his whereabouts. The parents then filed a complaint at Mangaluru South Police Station.

His dead body was found on Monday evening. Reports further added that the boy was wearing pants when he went missing but his dead body was found only with underwear. A case in this regard has been registered at the local police station and further investigations are underway.

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Ranchi (PTI): A 60-year-old security guard of a temple in Ranchi was bludgeoned to death with a stone during a robbery attempt, police said on Saturday.

The incident happened late on Thursday at the Jagannath Temple in the Dhurwa Smart City area, they said.

"Three persons were arrested on Friday for killing the security guard. They confessed to the crime and told police that the victim had identified them. Therefore, in fear of being caught, they killed him by attacking him with a stone on his head," SSP Rakesh Ranjan said.

"Thereafter, they took money from the donation box and fled the scene. Two of them have criminal antecedents," he added.

Ranjan said the investigators recovered Rs 3 lakh in cash that had been robbed, the stone with blood-stained marks, and the iron rod used to break open the lock of the donation box kept there.

An FIR in this regard was lodged at the Dhurwa police station, he said, adding that the accused were sent to judicial custody by a court.