Chaibasa (Jharkhand), February 28 A man was arrested on Saturday for killing a four-year-old boy in the West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, a senior officer said.
Sub-Divisional Police Officer (Sadar Chaibasa) Bahaman Tuti said that the accused, identified as Devendra Bodra of Ulidih village under the Chakradharpur police station, allegedly kidnapped the child with the intention of sexually exploiting him, and later killed the victim when he screamed.
According to the officer, the accused allegedly attacked the child with a stone when the boy started screaming.
The victim's mother, Balema Hembram, a resident of Khuntpani village under the Muffasil police station, had filed a kidnapping case under Section 137(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on February 26 after her son went missing, the SDPO said.
Following the complaint, SP Amit Renu formed a special team to apprehend the accused.
Based on CCTV footage, technical evidence, and intelligence inputs, the team led by the officer-in-charge of the Muffasil police station, Vinod Kumar, arrested Bodra from Chakradharpur.
Based on information provided by the accused, the body of the minor was recovered from Chiguttu hill within the Muffasil police station limits, the SDPO added.
Devendra told police that he tried to have unnatural sex with the boy, but he crushed him with a stone when the victim resisted and started screaming, the SDPO said.
