Yogesh K Porwar
A 13-year-old class 8th boy was allegedly brutally murdered hours after being kidnapped while he was returning home from tuition in Hulimavu on Thursday.
The police found the charred body of the boy in an isolated place in Bannerghatta and suspected that the accused had strangled him to death before setting his body to fire.
The victim identified as Nischith,had left him on Wednesday evening to attend tuition but never returned.
Anxious father,assistant professor at a private college and resident of Arakere called the tuition centre to find that the boy left the tuition to go home.
Parents called relatives and friends to check on Nischith.
After searching for few hours they found his bicycle abandoned near a park and alerted the police that their son is missing.
And while the police searching for the boy and the kidnappers through tracking the location and the parents waited with the cash to deliver the police got information about the charred body of the boy in an isolated near Kaggalipura off Bannerghatta road.
The jurisdiction police rushed to the spot and identified the victim though the physical discription,before alerting the parents .
Police suspect that the kidnappers realized that the parents had complained to police fearing that they will be identified decided to kill the boy .
A special team has been formed to track down the kidnappers and the police verifying the CCTV footage from in and around the area to identify the accused .
Dcp electronic City division,M Narayan and Bengaluru district superintendent,CK Baba visited the spot to supervise the investigation.
A team has been formed and dispatched vin different directions to look out for the assailant.
