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Crime
16-year-old boy missing after fair in Paroo, Muzaffarpur found dead; murder suspected
✍️ Amar Ujala · Muzaffarpur
🗓 28 Aug 2026, 08:33 PM
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A 16‑year‑old who went to a fair in Paroo, Muzaffarpur went missing overnight and his body was recovered on Friday, prompting his family to allege possible homicide.
A teenage boy, aged 16, left his home in Paroo, a locality of Muzaffarpur, to attend a local fair on Friday evening. He failed to return and remained unaccounted for throughout the night, raising alarm among his relatives.
The following morning, authorities recovered his body from the vicinity of the fairground. The discovery shocked the community and led the boy's family to publicly express suspicion that the death was not accidental.
Local police have opened a homicide investigation. Teams from the Forensic Science Laboratory and a police dog squad have been deployed to the site to collect evidence and trace the circumstances surrounding the death.
Investigators have not yet released a detailed forensic report, but they confirmed that the case is being treated as a possible murder pending further analysis.
The following morning, authorities recovered his body from the vicinity of the fairground. The discovery shocked the community and led the boy's family to publicly express suspicion that the death was not accidental.
Local police have opened a homicide investigation. Teams from the Forensic Science Laboratory and a police dog squad have been deployed to the site to collect evidence and trace the circumstances surrounding the death.
Investigators have not yet released a detailed forensic report, but they confirmed that the case is being treated as a possible murder pending further analysis.