A 14-year-old boy was brutally murdered and his bloodied body was found lying in the bushes in Refinery police station area of Mathura on Thursday morning.
Circumstantial evidence suggested that the victim was murdered by bludgeoning his head with a stone.
Police reached the spot after getting information and took the body in possession and sent it for autopsy. Police teams have been deputed to thoroughly investigate the incident.
As per reports, Class IX student of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kailash, used to reside in Bad village of Mathura and on Wednesday morning he left his home and did not return till late in the evening.
The harried family members later launched a search for him and also reported the matter to the local police.
On Thursday morning, information was received about the boy’s body being found in the bushes in the Refinery police station area. A forensic team also reached the spot and collected evidence.
During preliminary investigation, the police detected the student moving around with a person in the footage of a CCTV camera fixed nearby. The shocked family members later said that they were unaware of any dispute that Harsh could have with anyone that could lead to his killing.
A case was registered in this connection and further investigations are on.
Meanwhile in Muzaffarnagar, a nine-year-old girl went missing from a private child welfare home on Wednesday. The missing girl, who hails from Katihar in Bihar, was shifted to Adarsh Child Protective Home in Gandhi Colony from Baghpat on September 22. On Wednesday, the police were informed about the incident after superintendent of the welfare home, Renu Rani, found that the girl was missing from the centre.