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Mumbai Shocker: Teen Beaten Over Girlfriend Message, Goes Missing After Parents Remarry

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News18•26-09-2026, 10:31
Mumbai Shocker: Teen Beaten Over Girlfriend Message, Goes Missing After Parents Remarry
- •A 15-year-old boy was brutally beaten with a belt in Mumbai's Mankhurd area on suspicion of messaging a girlfriend.
- •A video of the assault was recorded, and the frightened boy subsequently went missing; he has not been traced for five days.
- •The victim's parents are separated and both remarried, leaving him to live with his cousin's family for 14 years.
- •The accused, Abdul alias Sonu, lured the boy out of the house under the pretext of playing a game before assaulting him.
- •The cousin filed a complaint with Mankhurd police, leading to Sonu's arrest and ongoing efforts to find the missing boy.
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The 15-year-old boy was brutally beaten with a belt by a young man named Abdul alias Sonu on suspicion that the minor had messaged his girlfriend.
Following a complaint registered by the victim's cousin, Mankhurd police arrested the main accused, Abdul alias Sonu, and deployed special teams to search for the missing boy.
The victimized boy had an unfortunate family background as his parents separated and remarried, leading him to live with his cousin's family for the past 14 years.




