A 14-year-old boy was detained in Prayagraj district on Sunday for allegedly killing a six-year-old after a failed try and sexually abuse him, police mentioned.
The sufferer’s physique bearing accidents from a blunt object on the pinnacle and face was recovered from an under-construction constructing two days again. “We solved the case with the assistance of native intelligence. The 14-year-old boy has confessed to having dedicated the crime. He was produced on Sunday earlier than the Juvenile Justice Board which despatched him to correction residence,” mentioned a police officer a part of the investigation.
The sufferer, a pupil of sophistication 1, used to play exterior with the detained teenager exterior his home, the police mentioned, including the 2 are from the identical neighborhood.
The six-year-old’s father had lodged an FIR on costs of kidnapping on the native police station after he went lacking whereas enjoying exterior his home on December 27.
The police picked up the boy for questioning and he confessed to having taken the boy to the under-construction constructing to sexually abuse him. However when the boy raised an alarm, he hit him with a brick on his head and face fearing he would inform everybody about this, they mentioned.