UP: 3 accused in minor boy’s murder in Agra to be booked under NSA

AGRA: A day after the Lucknow police decided to book five people under the NSA for the murder of a Dalit, the Agra Police will also slap the stringent act against the killers of a nine year old boy, who was found dead near his house in village Dhaura three days ago.
The SHO of local Etmadpur police station has been suspended for negligence in conducting timely investigations after the complaint was lodged by the missing boy’s parents. The departmental inquiry has also ordered against him.
Talking to TOI, SSP Babloo Kumar said that the NSA will be slapped against all three accused- Mohd Wahid, Arman and Ayub for committing the heinous crime. He said, “the directions in this regard have been issued to the circle officer.”
The SSP told TOI that the deceased’s family members have been given a cheque of Rs 5 lakh from the CM’s relief fund today.
On the sequence of events, the minor boy Updesh disappeared from outside his house on September 8. The deceased’s father Raghunath Singh lodged a police complaint of missing his child at Etmadulla police station next day after they failed to locate him. The family members suspected the involvement of their neighbour but police did not question them, they alleged.
When the boy’s body was recovered on September 10, kin of the deceased accused the police for delay in action, leading to their son’s death.
Officials immediately transferred the SHO to police line and arrested one of the accused Mohd Wahid after an encounter with the police on Saturday morning. Two other accused were arrested later.
According to police, Mohd Wahid had kidnapped his neighbour’s son with an intent to demand a ransom of Rs 2 lakh from him with the help of his two accomplices . But the minor boy started crying before the accused could intoxicate him. Scared of getting caught, he strangulated the boy with shoe lace.