In a shocking incident, an eight and a half-year-old boy killed a toddler in South Delhi’s Fatehpur Beri area as he nursed a grudge against the victim’s sister.
The younger brother of the juvenile had fallen accidently on the floor a few days ago and he held the elder sister of the victim responsible for this.
According to Vijay Kumar, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South district, on Saturday morning around 7.15 am a police control room (PCR) call was received regarding missing of the child following which a team was dispatched for the spot.
“During primary investigation, it was revealed that one toddler, who was one and a half year old, had gone missing from his house. The victim was sleeping with his mother and sister on the roof of his house at Mandi Village on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. He had gone missing from there in the night between 1 am and 4 am,” said the DCP. “However, police also noticed that an another boy of eight and a half years old, who was tenant in the neighbouring house, was also missing.
Later, the body of the missing child was recovered from the drain near the house,” said the DCP, adding that injuries were conspicuous over right eye, abdomen, leg and blood was also seeping out from right ear.
“The body of the victim has been preserved in the mortuary at AIIMS.
A case under section 363/302 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered at Fatehpur Beri Police Station and investigation was initiated,” said the DCP.
“The juvenile, who was also missing, was traced on Saturday morning and was found involved in the incident,” said the DCP.
According to a senior police official, a few days back, the elder sister of the deceased boy pushed the younger brother of the accused due to which, he got a minor swelling on his head after he fell down on the floor of the house.
“The juvenile harboured a grudge after that incident and killed the toddler alone to take the revenge. He will be produced in Juvenile
Justice Board from his house,” said the senior police official. “Both the families used to live in rented accommodation and their father are daily labourers,” the senior police official added.
