Datia police have arrested a head constable for killing a 6-year-old boy who was missing since May 4 while participating in Rath Yatra, Superintendent of Police Aman Singh Rathod told during the press conference.
On May 4, Mayank Sen had gone missing and after which his father approached Kotwali police and lodged a missing complaint.
Datia police registered a case under section 363 and started investigation. Next day the body of the boy was found lying near Gwalior. Since then the news of the murder of the innocent had become a topic of discussion in the whole city.
Superintendent of Police Aman Singh Rathod told during the press conference that during the Rath Yatra on May 4, Head Constable Ravi Sharma posted in Gwalior PTS Tighra was doing duty during the Rath Yatra near Panchsheel Nagar FCI warehouse in Datia.
Mayank Sen started asking the policeman for money to have food as he wa hungry which enraged Ravi Sharma, in a fit of rage, caught the innocent and took him in the car and confessed to strangling him to death and his dead body was thrown in Gwalior.
SP Aman Singh Rathore described the killer as suffering from depression.
When Pioneer's journalist asked the Superintendent of Police about the state of depression in this regard, he did not give any clear answer in this regard.