A six-year-old minor boy, who had been kidnapped on Wednesday evening, was found dead in a room of the abductor's house under the Puruna Bazaar police limits in Bhadrak on Thursday morning. The deceased identified as Saikh Shanwar Husain, a resident of Nangamahala village, was son of Sk Idu.
According to sources, some persons had abducted Shanwar on Wednesday evening and demanded a ransom of Rs 6 lakh to free him.
Soon after getting the threat call, the family member of the boy lodged a missing report at the Puruna Bazaar police station on Wednesday itself. Police too detained six youths, including some neighbourers of the victim boy, in this connection.
Sources said a youth namely Zakir, who is a neighbour of the victim. admitted before the police that the boy died due to breathing difficulties when he was taking the boy in a sack. Tension ran high in the locality as soon as the news of the death of the boy spread and police reached the spot to recover the body. Angry locals gheraoed the Puruna Bazaar police station demanding arrest of the accused in the heinous crime.
The body was recovered from the house of the kidnapper in the presence of the local tehsildar-cum-executive magistrate.
"They kidnapped my son and demanded money via SMS in mobile phone. We lodged a missing report at the Puruna Bazaar police station, but the kidnappers strangulated my son to death," said the boy's father.
Meanwhile, security personnel were deployed at the village to avert any law and order situation.