THRISSUR: The arrest of minor students who were caught for stabbing a youth in Thekkinkadu Maidan to death on New Year's Eve has been recorded. The first accused is fourteen years old. The sixteen-year-old friend is the second defendant.
Both were produced in the Juvenile Court and shifted to the Children's Correctional Home in Viyyur. The minor accused have been charged with murder in the FIR. Arun, a resident of Kottayam, a friend of the slain Livin, filed a complaint with the police stating that the reason for the murder was the questioning of the accused's use of intoxicants at Thekkinkadu Maidan. East police registered a case based on this complaint.

The FIR also states that the 14-year-old attacked with the intention of murder. They were also charged with gang murder. Livin Davis (30) was stabbed to death by the fourteen-year-old. Livin's body was handed over to his relatives after post-mortem at Thrissur Medical College Hospital. The funeral will be held tomorrow. The incident took place on December 31 at 7.50 pm near the big reservoir in Thekkinkadu grounds.

The defendants initially gave a statement to the police that Livin tried to moral police them and they grabbed the knife and stabbed Livin for self-defence when he tried to attack. However, the police said that they stabbed Livin with the knife they had in their possession during the argument. The police also confirmed that the knife used to kill Livin belonged to the fourteen-year-old. It is said that the two got into a verbal argument with Livin, who questioned them about seeing girls with the accused and stabbed him in the neck in anger. Livin was rushed to the district general hospital but died. East Police is investigating the case.