A minor boy was kidnapped for ransom and murdered by his cousin in Titilagarh of Balangir district. The deceased was identified as Mohan Kumar (13) of Sirbhata here.
The matter came to the fore after police recovered a decomposed body of the boy from the Sikir forest in the district on Wednesday and arrested the accused.
The accused had abducted Mohan, a Class-IX student, when the latter was on his way to attend tuition classes on April 23 afternoon.
When Mohan didn’t return home, his family members filed a missing complaint with the Titilagarh police.
The kidnapper r demanded a ransom of Rs 10 lakh through a WhatApp message to release the boy. He also threatened to kill the boy in the case of non-payment of the ransom amount.
The accused during interrogation by the police, confessed that he killed the boy. Further probe was underway by police to unearth more information.