A 6-year-old boy was killed by his 13-year old neighbour in Rampur. The teenager killed the boy by smashing his head and face with a brick.
According to reports, the teenager rained almost 20 blows with the brick on the boy’s head. The police recovered the body from an under-construction building near National Highway 87 on Sunday. The body was naked and the boy’s eyes were gouged out. The deceased was identified as Yug Yadav whose father is an engineer in a private firm.
Yug’s father Yogendra Yadav looks after mobile tower installation in a private firm and is posted in Rampur. On the fateful day, it was Yogendra’s birthday and his young son had gone out to buy chocolates for his father. He went out at 10 am but did not return till late. The father looked for his son everywhere but could not find him. He then filed a complaint in the afternoon. The police recovered the boy’s body at around 5:30 pm.
The police started investigating and caught hold of Yug’s neighbour (the teenager) who is also a drug addict. Additional Superintendent of Police of Rampur, Sansaar Singh, said, “Both the murder weapon and the boy’s missing clothes have been found. The accused is a school dropout and has confessed to have committed the crime under the influence of drugs. He also said that he killed Yug as the latter was making fun of him.”
The accused lives with his mother and had recently stolen a bicycle to buy drugs. He had also recently attacked some people with stones, the ASP added.
The police have registered a case under sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code against the accused. He will be sent to a juvenile home as he is a minor.