A 22-year-old man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly kidnapping and murdering a minor boy in north-east Delhi’s Karawal Nagar, the police said.
The accused has been identified as Nanhe, a resident of Karawal Nagar.
According to a missing complaint filed by the victim’s mother, the boy had left the house on March 11 without informing anyone, a senior police officer said. The victim’s family was informed after an unidentified body of a boy was found in Karawal Nagar on Saturday. The boy’s family members identified his body from his earring and clothes, DCP (North-East) Atul Kumar Thakur said.
Prima facie, it appears that Nanhe strangulated the boy, he said.
The police zeroed in on Nahne, who works in a tile factory as a suspect as the boy used to spend time with him.
Nanhe was detained and during interrogation, he confessed that he had killed the minor and planned to demand ransom from the his family.