A 10-year-old boy was kidnapped and later murdered by the accused.
Police recovered the body of the boy, who was missing for a day, from Chandpur police station area of Bijnor district.
The motive behind the murder is yet to be ascertained.
A police official confirmed on Thursday that following information from the villagers, they found the body of a minor boy lying in a sugarcane field in Jafarpur Kot village under Chandpur police station of Bijnor district on Wednesday evening. The deceased was identified as Varun (10).
According to the police, the body of the minor boy was seen in the sugarcane field, when the villagers were returning home after working in the fields on Wednesday evening. A police team rushed to the spot and later identified the victim with the help of local villagers.
According to the relatives of the deceased, the child had gone missing around 4 pm on Tuesday while playing outside the house. When the relatives could not find him, they lodged an FIR at the local police station.
Bijnor’s Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Ram Arj said that there were black marks on the neck of the victim. It is suspected that the boy was strangled to death and the body was thrown in the sugarcane field.
The ASP said no ransom call was made and the family did not have enmity with anyone so the motive behind the kidnapping and murder was not clear.
Meanwhile in Meerut, an 18-year-old college student was allegedly stabbed to death when he intervened in a fight between two groups of students in the Medical police station area in the district, officials said on Thursday.
The fight took place on Wednesday between students of classes 11 and 12 on one side and BSc students on the other. Kartik was allegedly stabbed by a class 12 student, Senior Superintendent of Police Rohit Singh Sajwan said.
Asked about the reason for the fight, the SSP said prima facie it appeared to be over some girl.
A student has been detained in this connection and a search is on for two class 12 students, the police officer added.