Hyderabad, April 4 -- Two persons were arrested on Thursday, April 3 in connection with the murder in Hyderabad's Mir Alam Tank.

The accused were identified as rowdy sheeter Azhar and his accomplice Nagendra both aged 20 years. The deceased has been identified as Simlan alias Raheem, 15.

According to the Attapur police Raheem's body was found with severe injuries on his head in a pool of blood near Miralam tank on Thursday morning. The accused were identified and arrested on Thursday evening based on clues and other leads. They were remanded to judicial custody, police said.

Police said the accused and the deceased, a school dropout from the neighbouring Hasan Nagar area, had known each other for a long time. However, the accused were ...