{"id":19344,"date":"2026-05-08T17:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=19344"},"modified":"2026-05-08T17:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:57:11","slug":"teenager-kills-friend-with-cricket-bat-after-love-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/teenager-kills-friend-with-cricket-bat-after-love-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager kills friend with cricket bat after love dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kathua, May\u00a008:\u00a0<\/strong>In a chilling case of friendship turning fatal over a suspected love rivalry, police in Kathua have arrested a 19\u2011year\u2011old youth for the brutal daylight murder of his close friend, 18\u2011year\u2011old Nakul Singh. The accused has been identified as Parth Verma alias Sumit, who allegedly bludgeoned Nakul to death with a cricket bat inside the victim\u2019s home over love rivalry.<\/p>\n<p>The shocking crime, which has sent shockwaves across Kathua town, occurred on May 6 at Nakul Singh\u2019s residence in Ward No. 10 near Rajbagh. Nakul was found dead in a pool of blood, while his younger brother, 16\u2011year\u2011old Nikhil Singh, was critically injured in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the media, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kathua Mohita Sharma said the case was cracked using technical surveillance, including tracking the missing mobile phone of the deceased.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter registering the FIR, multiple police teams were constituted. During the investigation, the missing iPhone of the deceased was traced with the help of technical inputs. Sustained interrogation of suspects led to a confession by the accused. The stolen mobile phone was also recovered on his disclosure, in the presence of a magistrate,\u201d the SSP said.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, the accused visited Nakul Singh\u2019s house around 11.40 am on the day of the incident and even made a phone call to another friend using Nakul\u2019s mobile phone before the situation escalated.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators revealed that a heated argument broke out between the two friends over a girl, exposing what police described as a \u201clove angle\u201d behind the murder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe argument quickly escalated into a physical altercation driven by jealousy and personal rivalry. In a fit of rage, the accused allegedly picked up a cricket bat lying inside the room and struck Nakul Singh on the head, killing him on the spot,\u201d SSP Sharma said.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the violence did not stop there. When Nakul\u2019s younger brother Nikhil entered the house during the attack, the accused allegedly panicked and repeatedly assaulted him with the same cricket bat in an attempt to eliminate an eyewitness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe accused fled the scene after leaving behind the blood\u2011stained cricket bat and taking away the victim\u2019s mobile phone,\u201d the officer added. The murder weapon has since been recovered and forensic evidence from the crime scene has been collected.<\/p>\n<p>Nikhil Singh remains in critical condition and is undergoing treatment at AIIMS Jammu, where he is currently on ventilator support.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the investigation is being strengthened to ensure strict punishment for the accused. \u201cJustice will be delivered only through conviction,\u201d SSP Sharma said<strong>\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathua, May\u00a008:\u00a0In a chilling case of friendship turning fatal over a suspected love rivalry, police in Kathua have arrested a 19\u2011year\u2011old youth for the brutal daylight murder of his close friend, 18\u2011year\u2011old Nakul Singh. The accused has been identified as Parth Verma alias Sumit, who allegedly bludgeoned Nakul to death with a cricket bat inside [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19346,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19344\/revisions\/19346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}