A body of 12-year-old boy who was kidnapped from Dori Nagar in Gandhi Park police station area was found in an empty plot near Kwarsi bypass road. It seems that his face was crushed and burnt with acid. The family suspected their neighbour of kidnapping and murder due to old enmity.
A fruit-seller by profession, Gopal Kumar Sharma said that he lives on rent in a relative's house in Dori Nagar. He is having three daughters, wife Manju, and a 12-year-old son Atul Kumar alias Laddu. On Thursday night at around 8 pm, the son went out of the house after a power cut and never returned home. Families searched him overnight.
The next day, a missing report was lodged at Gandhi Park police station. The police also started a search operation however, they did also not find any clue.
According to Gopal, on Saturday afternoon, he was searching for the son with his wife near Etah Chungi when he was informed about a child's body to be found in an empty plot near the engineer colony on the Kwarsi bypass.
On reaching there, he confirmed the body as his son Atul Kumar. The Kwarsi police were also present at the spot and sent the body for postmortem. Because of no ransom call, a family is suspecting their neighbor for this crime due to old enmity.
SSP Muniraj said that police had been searching for him since the missing report was filed of the child. CCTV footage was also investigated. Meanwhile, news of the dead body was received on Saturday afternoon. All aspects are being investigated.
Darkness ate Laddu
Father of Atul alias Laddoo, Mr. Gopal said that he is cursing that time when the power of the locality went off.
The son came out of the house only after the power cut. If the light had not gone, he would have been watching TV comfortably at home and would not have been killed. Gopal said that he has married two of the three daughters. Atul was third. Another daughter younger than him is 2 years old. Wife Manju is in deep shock by the incident. Daughters are also in depression.