The Delhi Police apprehended two juveniles on the charges of murder of a nine-year-old boy for ransom of Rs 10 lakh in South-West Delhi’s Dwarka area on Wednesday. The two arrested were identified as the deceased’s uncle and his friend, said police. The body of the boy was also recovered by police.
The deceased was identified as lalit, a Class 3 student and was living with his parents in Sector-23 of Dwarka area. The two accused were of the age of 17 and 16 respectively. DCP (South-West) RA Sanjeev said, “The father of the deceased, Pradeep, had registered a missing complaint of his son on February 28 after which a team of officials was assigned for the investigation,” adding, “lalit’s father told about one of his acquaintance, who his son used to call uncle (chacha), who was last seen with him.”
After a probe was conducted, the main accused was quizzed by police but he did not confess to the crime. On sustained interrogation, he told police that he along with his friend, who is 16-year-old killed lalit.
According to police officials, on Pradeep’s revelation about the accused taking his son to some place helped them nab the main accused. “During interrogation, the accused told that he killed the boy for money,” said DCP.
The two accused took the boy to one under construction building and called his father for ransom. However, when lalit started screaming they slit his throat.