2 kids found murdered in separate incidents

PATNA: Bodies of two children were recovered from Bihar’s Sitamarhi and Muzaffarpur districts respectively on Monday, police said.

In the first incident, body of an 11-year-old boy, who went missing on Saturday, was found in a forest in Harikesh village on Monday, police said. “The mother of the deceased had lodged a complaint fearing that her son has been kidnapped and accused that her neighbours Raja and Nikil were behind it” police said. SHO Awadh Kishore Ram said that both the suspects have been arrested and they confessed their involvement in the abduction and subsequent killing of the boy over a land dispute. “One of their accomplices has also been arrested while the fourth accused, identified as Chandan Kumar is still at large,” the SHO said.

In another incident, a threeyear-old boy was allegedly strangulated to death and buried by his aunt in Balthi-Rasoolpur village in Muzaffarpur district, police said. SHO Arvind Prasad said that the accused, identified as Bibha Devi, has been arrested. “A case has been lodged on the basis of the statement of the father of the deceased. The matter came to light when the father after finding his son missing started searching. While searching, the father entered the house of the accused and saw her cleaning the floor. Suspecting foul play, he dug up the floor and found the body,” the SHO said.