Delhi: 5-year-old boy kidnapped, killed by father's driver, police suspect act of revenge

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A five-year-old boy was found murdered inside a room in outer north Delhi’s Narela on Tuesday afternoon, hours after he was reported missing from outside his house.

The boy was allegedly kidnapped by his father's 26-year-old driver who killed him using a knife and a brick, and fled the scene in Narela, with police suspecting that it was an act of revenge.

Deputy commissioner of police (outer-north) Hareshwar V Swami said the Narela Industrial Area police station received a call around 3.30pm reporting that the boy was missing and he was later found motionless in a locked room, where the driver, Nitu (single name), lived.

Officers reached the spot and found the child lying unconscious. “The lock was broken and the boy was found lying unconscious and bleeding from his head and neck. A knife and a brick were found at the scene. The boy was rushed to a nearby government hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. A case of kidnapping and murder was registered and multiple teams were formed to arrest the suspect,” said the DCP, PTI reported.

A preliminary probe revealed that the dead minor boy’s father owned at least eight goods carrying three-wheelers. Nitu was the driver of one of these vehicles. On Monday evening, Nitu and another driver Wasim had a fight after consuming drinks. Nitu beat up Wasim and the latter complained to the employer against him.

“The employer slapped Nitu and scolded him over this. Angered by the humiliation, Nitu on Tuesday afternoon lured his employer’s son to his rented room while the boy was playing outside his house. Nitu killed the boy by hitting his head with a brick and stabbing him in his neck with a knife. Thereafter, he locked the room from outside and fled,” the DCP said, PTI reported.

When the family members began looking for their son, someone in the neighbourhood told them that the boy was last seen with Nitu. They found Nitu’s room locked and saw through a window the boy lying injured inside.

“Nitu is from Madhubani district in Bihar from where his employer also hails. We have sent a team to his home town to nab him,” said DCP Swami.