Eight-year-old boy kidnapped and murdered in Telangana

Naveen S Garewal
Tribune News Service
Hyderabad, February 24 

An eight-year-old boy was kidnapped and brutally murdered by unidentified people in Telangana’s Mahabubnagar district.

Santosh went missing while playing near his house in Janampet village of Moosapet Mandal three days ago. His body was found in a well near Janampet on Wednesday.

After his parents lodged a complaint, the police launched a search for the boy but could not trace him. Today, Santosh was founding lying in a well near the village.

Police said initial investigations indicated that the boy was strangulated, and the body was wrapped in a cloth and thrown in the well.

Santosh’s father Vishnu and mother Lakshmi alleged that someone among their relatives kidnapped and killed him.