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Updated: Feb 25, 2017 21:12 IST

Two madrassa students were arrested on Saturday in connection with the murder of a 14-year-old fellow student at Tewra village of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, police said.

Kamruzama (20) and Adnan (21) were arrested for their alleged role in killing the fellow student by slitting his throat after subjecting him to sodomy, said circle officer Akhil Ahmad.

The duo has confessed to their crime, he said.

The teenager had gone missing on February 8. His body was found in sugarcane fields on February 22.

A case has been registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, the police official added.