A nine year old boy, Vishal has been found dead in Varanasi. He had been missing since January 28.
His body was found dumped behind a school building at Paigambarpur
village under the Sarnath police circle in Varanasi, on Monday.
The family of the victim had received a letter on Sunday in which suspected
kidnappers had asked Rs 50,000 ransom within an hour otherwise they would kill
Vishal.
DIG Amit Pathak said that after receiving the letter, Vishal's father Manjay
Kumar had gone to Chaubeypur area, as directed by the kidnappers, while a sub-inspector
also followed him. However, the father returned home after almost two hours
since no one showed up.
The DIG said that the body has been sent for post-mortem and investigations are
underway. Manjay Kumar had lodged a missing complaint at the Sarnath police
station on January 29 after his son went missing earlier in the day.
A case was lodged by the Sarnath police under section 363 (kidnapping) of IPC. Pathak
said that CCTV footages of the area from where the boy had gone missing, were
also checked but he could not be found.
Some passers-by noticed the body on the evening of Monday and informed the
police. On the basis of the content of letter and initial investigations, the
police suspected that the kidnapper is local and close to Manjay's family.