Two minor missing children were murdered in Meerut district. The incident came to light after their bodies were spotted lying in a trench during search. According to a report, Chota (12) and Sonu Valmiki (16) of Inchauli Kasba under Inchauli police station area had gone to graze goats in the woods at the outer fringe of the village on Saturday afternoon.
The duo, however, did not return their home by the evening leading to their families to launch a frantic search of their. Their mysterious missing also stoked the speculation of them being mauled up by some wild animal in the woods.
Their families later lodged a case in this connection with the local police. The police took up the case and started hunting them in the woods. The police both the minors were found lying in a trench and were in a critical state. "Marks of strangulation were spotted at their throat and it seemed that miscreants choked their throats to death," the police said. The police said the victims were taken to hospital where the doctors declared them brought dead upon arrival. The police sent the bodies for post-mortem and further investigations of the case are on.
The police probing the case said no enmity angle had surfaced as of now in the murder case. "The cause of injuries, however, is a clear indication of enmity that led to murder of the victims," the cops said.