The Tribune, Jamuary 24, 2004

Murdered kid’s body found from well
Our Correspondent

Hisar, January 23
The police today recovered the body of a minor boy, who was murdered for ransom, from a well in the industrial area. According to the police, Arvind, a resident of Model Town Extension Colony, and his friend Raj Kumar, a resident of Jindal Colony, had kidnapped Kaushal Kumar (7), a resident of Jindal Colony, on January 14. The police had registered a case in this connection on the complaint of the boy’s father Prabhu Nath.

After the kidnapping, Arvind and Raj Kumar started demanding a ransom of Rs 5 lakh from Kaushal Kumar’s family members on the telephone. They reported the matter to the police. The police arrested the two last night and interrogated them. They revealed that they had allegedly killed Kaushal Kumar with sharp-edged weapons on the night of January 14 and thrown his body in a well in the industrial area. Later, the police recovered the body from the well.