A 9-year-old boy was brutally killed with a screw driver in a park behind lIG DDA flats in South-East Delhi’s Pul Prahladpur on Tuesday evening.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South-East district, Romil Baaniya said the deceased has been identified as Izak James.
“We are yet to find out who has murdered the boy and the motive behind it. We have registered a case of murder and the body has been sent for post-mortem. A clear picture can be obtained only after the post-mortem. Further investigations in the matter is on. Efforts for search of accused are being made,” said DCP Romil Baaniya.
Sources said burnt cigarette marks were also found on the body of the deceased. locals at around 6.30 pm in the evening on Tuesday found the boy lying unconscious and later found that he was not breathing.
People started gathering at the spot and someone made a call to police after which a PCR came to the spot and took the body to the nearby hospital where doctors tried resuscitating him but in vain and declared him dead.
Meanwhile, the parents and relatives of the deceased were informed.
Izak’s father Ravi works in the cable business while mother Sangeeta is a housewife. Izak has two sisters, the elder sister Yashika is married and the younger sister is a student, said police source.
A case under section 302 (punishment for murder) and 201 (Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered at the Pul Prahladpur Police Station.