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Migrant Labourer Murders Boy On Being Quarantined On Father’s Complaint

Bahraich: A man, who had been in Quarantined after a complaint by a Dalit neighbour, kidnapped and murders the 12-year-old son of the complainant.

The accused migrant labour Kaleem has been taken into custody.

“The accused migrant labourer, Kaleem, was arrested on Monday after a brief encounter. Five people, including three women from the accused’s family, have also been arrested,” said Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP Rural) Ashok Kumar.

As per reports, Ved is the son of ex-village head Aarti Devi and Onkar. He was a student of Class 5.

He had gone for tuition classes on October 29 and didn’t get back home till late in the night. His family members educated the police about the situation.

The boy was later killed and his body was tossed into the canal. Subsequent to Murders the boy, Quarantined accused Kaleem called the victim’s family members and demanded Rs 30 lakh from them.

After two days, on October 31, the boy’s body was discovered in the Saryu canal in Shravasti region.

Police said Kaleem had kept Ved at his relative Rabia’s house in Shravasti region.

On Friday, Kaleem’s parents Hasan and Ayesha were taken into custody while on Saturday, his other family members Rabia, Israr Khan and Tahira were held. Kaleem was later held after an encounter in which he was injured.

The police have recovered a nation made gun, ammo, the victim’s cycle and textbooks.

The ASP said Kaleem admitted during questioning that he felt offended after he was quarantined on the complaint of Omkar when he got back from Mumbai.

A heavy deployment of forces has been carried out in the village considering the issue being commonly sensitive.

Crime in UP has always been on the rise with Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh has the highest crime rate reported. A large number of criminal cases are reported every day in UP.

 

 

 

source: with input from ians