Jammu, May 9 -- Kathua police have arrested a 19-year-old youth, for the brutal murder of Nakul Singh, 18, and serious injury of his minor brother, Nikhil Singh, 16, inside their ward no. 10 home on May 6, said officials on Friday.

The accused Parth Verma, alias Sumit, 19, of ward no. 9, Kathua, killed the victim over a love rivalry, they said.

Addressing media persons in Kathua, senior superintendent of police (SSP) Mohita Sharma said, "Parth allegedly bludgeoned Nakul to death with a cricket bat inside the victim's house over love rivalry. They liked the same girl."

Nakul was found dead while Nikhil critically injured in their house by their mother when she returned from office around 5pm. They were taken to a hospital where Nakul wa...