The Tribune, January 21, 2005

Labourer held for murdering boy
Our Correspondent

Jhajjar, January 20
The Bahadurgarh police recovered the body of a seven-year-old boy who was kidnapped about four days ago at Kanonda village of the subdivision last evening. The police has arrested Ramesh, a labourer hailing from Uttar Pradesh, who had been a frequent visitor to the boy’s house. He disclosed that he kidnapped the boy, Sumit, when he was accompanying a ghurchari (a marriage ritual) in the village. He took the boy to the fields but when he could not find a hide-out for the boy he strangulated him and buried it in a field. After four days of search, the family of the boy got suspicious about the labourer and reported the matter to the police. On being interrogated, the accused confessed to the crime.