6-year-old killed allegedly for making lewd comments

Delhi: A six year old boy who went missin for the last two days was found dead in a bed box in the same neighbourhood on Friday morning.

Police arrested 19 year old neighbour who allegedly killed the boy. “Rohit, a 19-year-old youth in the neighbourhood, has been arrested. He told us that the boy looked at his newly wedded wife while she took a bath and made lewd comments,” said Romil Baaniya, DCP (southeast). Baaniya said that Rohit allegedly attacked the boy in anger. “His head hit the edge of the bed. On seeing him bleed, Rohit panicked and wrapped a cloth around his face. He then put the body in a bed box to hide it.”

The boy's body was discovered when a strong strench came from the neighbours locked room, just few metres away from boys house.

“We got the room opened thinking it was a dead rat. But when the bed box was opened, we saw a sack inside. The boy’s hands and head were visible in it. His mouth was tied with a black cloth,” said neighbour Radha.