The mutilated body of a 10-year-old boy was recovered from the bushes near the Railway Colony police station area in Rajasthan’s Kota district late on Tuesday night, police said.
The police said that the child’s body was found with a severed head near the railway workshop area, with signs of injury to the head.
Station House Officer (SHO) of Railway Colony police station, Ram Swaroop Meena, said a disappearance complaint was registered on Monday after the boy’s father, Amar Singh, informed police that his son had gone out to play but never returned home.
The police launched a search operation and began examining CCTV footage from nearby areas. Investigators found that a 15-year-old boy, said to be the victim’s friend, was with him shortly before he disappeared.
Police questioned the teenager as part of the investigation, and late Tuesday night, they recovered the body from bushes off the railway workshop area.
The body was later identified, and police suspect it was severely attacked by stray animals.
Police said a blood-stained stone was recovered from the crime scene, and investigators suspect that the child was attacked with stones before his body was dumped in the bush.
During the initial investigation, police also found that there was a disagreement between the victim and the teenager over a financial dispute involving approx $100. However, the police said that all angles are being investigated and further investigations are underway.
