Mirzapur child kidnapping-murder accused nabbed after police encounter
Mirzapur, November 11: The Police on Wednesday arrested the accused in the kidnapping and murder of a 12-year-old boy from Semari village in Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur district following an encounter in which the accused sustained bullet injuries to both legs in retaliatory police firing, while the victim’s body was recovered from the Kushiyara forest in Lalganj on his identification and a .315 bore pistol, one live cartridge, two empty shells, a mobile phone, and the motorcycle used in the crime were seized from his possession.
According to the police, Keshav Bind, a resident of Semari village, had reported the kidnapping of his 12-year-old son Prince to Vindhyachal police station on Tuesday. A case was registered against unknown persons in this matter and the superintendent of police (SP) Aparna Rajat Kaushik formed three teams to recover the boy and arrest the accused.
On Wednesday, according to the police, they received tip-off that the accused in the incident was coming from Lalganj. Following this, Vindhyachal police initiated checking on the road from Gaipura-Vijaypur to Lalganj in the Ashtabhuja outpost area. Seeing the police, the bike rider ran towards Kushiyara forest. After a short distance, he abandoned the bike and entered the forest and opened fire on the police team. Police retaliated by shooting him in both legs. He fell down injured.
During an interrogation, the accused identified himself as Pintu alias Shailendra, a resident of Parsia Kamapur, Vindhyachal police station. According to the police, he admitted that on November 9th, at 4 pm, he lured Prince with money and took him with him on the pretext of riding a bike. That same day, at around 6:30 pm, he strangled him to death and hid the body in Kushiyara forest. On Wednesday, he was going to dispose of the body when the police apprehended him.
The police apprised that the injured accused has been sent to the district hospital for treatment. The body has been sent for post-mortem. A case has also been registered at the Lalganj police station and further legal action is being taken.
