Investigations are ongoing following the discovery of a 15-year-old boy who was shot dead and his body hidden in an abandoned house in Golconda, near Ste Madeleine.

According to reports, police received an anonymous tip-off on Sunday morning and officers discovered the body of Videsh Dookran. He was a Form three pupil of the Ste Madeleine Secondary School and lived with his family at Church Street Golconda.

His body was reportedly found behind the Classic Pluck Shop along Cipero Road, Golconda. The informant said their 14-year-old and seven-year-old children were in the company of Videsh and two brothers around 3 pm on Saturday, October 8 and one of the brothers had a firearm.

The person alleged that one of the brothers shot Videsh and they later dumped his body in an abandoned blue house at the back of the pluck shop.

The TTPS confirmed that a police report was received yesterday (Oct. 10) morning from an anonymous source that there was a suspected homicide in the Ste Madeleine police district.

Cpl Marsh of the Homicide Bureau of Region III is continuing investigations.