Skeleton of kidnapped boy recovered

Police recovered the skeleton of a boy in Bihar`s Gopalgunj district more than three months after he was kidnapped by a relative.

Gopalganj: Police recovered the skeleton
of a boy in Bihar`s Gopalgunj district today more than three
months after he was kidnapped by a relative.

Police said the skeleton of the eight year-old boy was
dug out from a field at Sindhwalia village of the district.
Guddu Kumar`s skeleton was identified by the accused
Jitendra Rai, his relative who confessed to have kidnapped and
murdered him, the police said.

The boy was kidnapped for ransom on November 20 last
year by Rai who subsequently hacked the former to death and
buried the body in the field, the police said quoting his
confession.
The accused was later arrested and charged with the
murder, the police added.

PTI