A Central Reserve Police Power (CRPF) jawan was arrested for allegedly kidnapping an eight-year-old boy from his neighbourhood in Ankleshwar metropolis of Bharuch district after which killing him, police mentioned on Saturday.
The accused, Shailendra Rajput Prajapati (35), whose present posting is in Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, had stored the physique of the minor in a trunk at his home after killing him, mentioned officers, including that he additionally pretended to assist the kid’s mother and father find him to keep away from suspicion.
He was on a depart from work, and was alone at his home at Dadhal village on the time of the incident as his spouse and kids had left for his or her native city in Uttar Pradesh.
The accused was beneath big debt and was being chased by cash lenders. He additionally allegedly needed to get better from the losses that he had confronted within the share market, as per police, and demanded a ransom of Rs 5 lakh from the mother and father of the kid. On Thursday afternoon, he discovered Shubh Bhisam Rajbhar, the sufferer, taking part in outdoors his home.
He lured Shubh inside the home, tied his arms, and legs with rope and taped his mouth.
After Shubh went lacking, his mother and father lodged a lacking grievance with the Ankleshwar Rural Police on Thursday evening. Shailendra Rajput additionally joined the search operation together with his mother and father to keep away from suspicion. The following day, nonetheless, the accused allegedly despatched a WhatsApp message to the sufferer’s mom, demanding a ransom of Rs 5 lakh. He additionally threatened the mother and father to not inform the police within the message.
However Bhisam Rajbhar, the kid’s father, knowledgeable police concerning the message. After tracing the quantity, police reached the accused’s home, the place he was questioned and he confessed to the crime, mentioned officers.
Giving particulars, inspector Okay G Sisodiya mentioned, “Prima facie, the reason for the dying of the kid is because of suffocation. The boy died on account of suffocation 4 hours after he was kidnapped as his mouth was taped. The accused stored the physique in a trunk as he didn’t get an opportunity to dispose it.”
He additional added, “The service interval of the accused with CRPF is 17 years and his father had additionally labored in Gujarat State Reserve Police Power. The household determined to settle in Ankleshwar in the home purchased by his father. His mother and father died a number of years in the past. In line with his confessional statements, he’s beneath heavy debt and misplaced an enormous quantity in on-line share buying and selling exercise. To beat the loss and repay the borrowed cash, he had deliberate to kidnap the minor, and had demanded ransom of Rs 5 lakh.”
