Hyderabad, Aug. 24 -- The gruesome murder of Sahasra (Sahasrini), a twelve-year-old girl from Sangeet Nagar in Kukatpally on August 18, is seeing various twists and turns. Even as the media had widely reported on Friday, August 22, that a juvenile has been arrested for the murder while stealing Rs 80,000 in cash from the victim's house, the police claim that the accused just wanted to steal a MRF cricket bat belonging to the victim's younger brother.

Narrating the incidents before the incident, deputy commissioner of police Suresh Kumar said that the juvenile aged 14, only wanted to steal a bat belonging to the victim's younger brother, as the latter wasn't letting him use that bat which had a good stroke.

"He entered the house to steal...