Overview
- The child was discovered on Thursday with his throat slit inside an under-construction building in west Delhi’s Ranhola, police said.
- CCTV footage and local inquiries placed the boy with Ravi Kumar on Tuesday afternoon, leading investigators to detain and arrest him.
- Police said Kumar admitted to strangling the child and slitting his throat to “teach a lesson” to his maternal aunt, the boy’s mother.
- The knife was recovered at his instance and a murder case was registered after a post-mortem at Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital.
- The mother, earlier suspected by relatives, was traced to Chhapra in Bihar for questioning as forensic and evidentiary work continues.