In a shocking incident that has come on the heels of the Ryan murder, a missing Class VII student of a Government school in Faridabad was found murdered in a forest along the National Highway on Monday. An 18-year-old accused, who was arrested on Monday, confessed to kidnapping and sodomising 12-year-old Rahul before killing him, said police.
Rahul — son of Ram Sagar, a juice vendor in Sikri village in the district — had been missing from his school since August 24. His family had lodged a complaint with police on the same day.
After 18 days of intensive search, the skeleton of the child was found, police said, adding that the same has been sent for post-mortem.
According to police, Suraj called Rahul out of the school during lunch time and took him behind the school where he sodomised him. The Suraj killed Rahul and threw his body into bushes, police added.
On being questioned about negligence by the school, the principal said he had joined the school just two days ago and therefore he didn’t have any knowledge about the crime.