India, Jan. 31 -- A 17-year-old boy was allegedly bludgeoned to death by his friends after a petty argument in Gurugram's Sector 37D, police said on Thursday. They added that the deceased was a resident of Saraswati Enclave in Sector 37 and was reported missing on Tuesday night.

Locals spotted the body lying in a pool of blood amid dense vegetation near the industrial area of the sector at about 1pm on Wednesday and informed the police.

According to the police, the deceased had multiple injury marks on his head and the body had also attracted animal activity which made identification difficult.

Inspector Rambir Singh, station house officer of the Sector 10 police station, said that the deceased had left home at about 5pm on Tuesday wit...