In a shocking incident, an eight-year-old boy was murdered in Uttar Pradesh’s GarhMukteshwar. The incident took place after a quarrel broke out between two boys while they were playing. One of the boy’s family got involved in the fight, and abducted the other boy and smothered him to death. They hid the victim’s body on the terrace.
According to a report published in The Times Of India, the victim has been identified as Krishna Kumar who was a student of KG of a private school. The police said the boy had been missing since Friday. His father, who is a rickshaw driver, began searching for him. The other boy’s family members, who are Krishna’s neighbour, pretend to help Krishna’s father in his search. The neighbours are Deepak Kumar, Seema Devi, and Sonu Kumar. The victim’s father has informed the police too.
The police said that they started a search in the area. When they interrogated the neighbour’s family members, their version of the incident was different. The police raised doubts and finally zeroed in on the neighbour’s terrace and recovered the victim’s body.
Krishna’s neighbour’s family members confessed to the crime. Krishna had hit the accused’s son while playing after which they abducted him and strangled him.
The police have registered a case against Deepak Kumar, Seema Devi, and Sonu Kumar. The postmortem report confirmed the death of Krishna due to smothering.
