Body of minor found in south-west Delhi

The body of a six-year-old boy, who was missing, was found in south-west Delhi’s Kapashera, with the police suspecting that he was sexually assaulted before being killed, the police said on Friday.

The boy was missing from March 27 from his house in Kapashera, the police said. On the intervening night of March 27 and 28, his body was found, the police added.

Subsequently, the police zeroed down on his 27-year-old neighbour, who had lured him and then allegedly killed him.

It is suspected that the neighbour had a grudge against the boy’s family, the police said.

The police is also probing whether the boy was sexually assaulted, they said, adding that the post-mortem report was awaited in the matter to establish the sexual assault angle.