A seven-year-old boy, who went missing since Monday morning, was kidnapped and murdered in Banda. His body was recovered on Tuesday afternoon.
As per reports, Prince (7) of Chaisand hamlet of Bisanda (Banda) was playing outside his house on Monday morning when he disappeared. His father Rajesh Kushwaha and other kin searched for him but failed to get any clue. His uncle Rakesh Kushwaha later sealed all roads exiting the village and the locals also searched in the fields but to no avail. Later they informed the local police station about he boy’s disappearance.
Surprisingly, the cops came to make enquiries seven hours after the incident was reported. They also returned without making any in-depth inquiry though the family members expressed their apprehension that someone kidnapped the boy.
On Tuesday afternoon, a local woman spotted the slippers of a boy lying on the fringes of the village and informed the family about it. The family members rushed to the scene and were shocked to find the boy’s body lying under a heap of straw. He had been put there to conceal the crime.
Upon learning about the recovery of the body, senior district and police officials reached the spot and supervised investigation. The body was sent for autopsy and a case was registered in this connection.
Meanwhile, in Shahganj area of Jaunpur, a couple torched themselves over a dispute leading to the death of the woman and serious burn injuries to the husband on Tuesday.
As per reports, Ashok Kumar (50) and his wife Suman (48) of Bharauli village in Shahganj Kotwali area, had an altercation on Monday night. Things got out of hands and the couple doused themselves with kerosene and set themselves afire, suffering serious burns.
Hearing their screams, their neighbours rushed in and took them to a hospital where Suman succumbed to her injuries while a critical Ashok was undergoing treatment.