An 11-year-old boy was found dead in his home in Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The boy whose body was found inside a blue drum was allegedly killed by a laundry worker, who had a dispute with his father.
Police discovered the body of the 11-year-old boy hidden inside a blue drum after breaking into the locked house in Bank Colony under Kulgawan police station limits.
According to officials, 45-year-old Mathura Rajak, who ran a laundry shop in the colony, is suspected of killing the child by slitting his throat with a machete. Police are trying to locate Mathura, whose shop was closed and whose mobile phone was switched off.
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The accident happened when the boy was alone
The boy was alone at home when the incident happened, Additional Superintendent of Police Shivish Singh Baghel told HT. They said that around 12:30 pm, his mother Asha Rajak returned home to find the house locked from outside and her son missing.
After searching for him for some time, she did not find him anywhere and informed the neighbors and the police. Police added: “Officers opened the door and discovered bloodstains on the pillow before the body was found in the blue drum at three o’clock in the afternoon.”
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The laundry man had a falling out with his father
Family members told police that Mathura had issued threats after a dispute with the boy’s father, Ramesh Rajak, who works in Maharashtra. They alleged that he had been harassing Asha during her husband’s absence, which led to a confrontation about ten days ago.
An FIR has been registered under Section 103 (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
In a similar incident earlier this month, a 19-year-old college student was brutally murdered in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh. The victim was on her way to college when one of the attackers intercepted her and cut her throat with a machete, HT reported earlier.
The accused was later arrested, and a murder report was filed regarding the incident.
