Five days after the naked body of a 13-year-old boy was recovered from the Forest department's land in Bijnor, police have arrested a man for strangling the minor and dumping his body in the bushes.
According to the police, the accused, identified as Furkan alias Kale, had attempted to sodomise the teenager. However, he strangled him to death when the victim resisted and shouted for help.
Reports said that last Wednesday, a 13-year-old boy from Daranagar Ganj had gone to see a fair with his friends but he never returned and became untraceable. The next day his nude body was found in the Forest department's land, away from the spot where the fair was organised.
Based on the complaint filed by the victim's family against unknown persons, police registered a case and launched an investigation. The post-mortem report pointed out that the victim was smothered to death.
During the investigation, police found slippers from the spot which during further probe pointed to be of one Furkan, a resident of the same area. The cops also had suspicions on him as he disappeared from his house and returned only on Monday morning. The cops immediately swung into action and took him in custody for interrogation.
After being grilled for several house, Furkan broke down and confessed to his crime and disclosed that he had lured the victim and took him from a shop to the forest area in order to sodomise him. However, the victim resisted and shouted for help. Fearing that he would be caught by someone, he strangled the boy to death and dumped his body in the bushes.
"Family of the deceased had filed a complaint against an unidentified person. During investigation, Mohd Furqan's name came to light as a villager had seen him accompanying the boy.