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In a shocking incident, a five-year-old boy was kidnapped and murdered with bricks and a knife by a man who worked as a driver in his father’s transport business in Delhi’s Narela area on Tuesday. The police is suspecting that it was an act of revenge. The body was recovered from the rented accommodation of Nitu, the accused in the case, news agency PTI reported. Nitu is on the run, and multiple teams have been formed to trace him, the police said, adding that the accused had been reprimanded by the victim’s father a day ago. A call about the child having been kidnapped was received at 3.30 pm at Narela Industrial Area police station, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer North) Hareshwar Swami stated. The officer added that during the inquiry, it was revealed that the child was playing outside his house when he suddenly went missing. When the family members and neighbours started searching for him, they later discovered his body in Nitu’s rented room nearby. “Preliminary investigation revealed that the boy’s father, the complainant, owned seven to eight transport vehicles and had employed two drivers — Neetu and Wasim. “On Monday evening, both drivers had an argument under the influence of alcohol, during which Nitu allegedly beat Wasim,” said the DCP. When the matter was reported to the transporter, he intervened and slapped Nitu two to four times for misbehaving, police informed. In order to take revenge, Nitu kidnapped the boy on Tuesday while he was playing outside the house, took him to his rented accommodation, and killed him using bricks and a knife, the DCP said. After the incident came to light, police reached the spot and rushed the child to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him dead. An FIR was registered, and further investigation was launched. (With agency inputs)
