Overview
- Police say the accused, identified as 22-year-old neighbor Shivam Saxena, was shot in the leg and taken into custody after allegedly opening fire during an interception near Fategarh crossing.
- Ayush Sonkar disappeared Friday afternoon from outside his home in Barra’s Hardev Nagar, with CCTV showing him walking with Saxena and the suspect later returning alone.
- The child’s body was recovered about a kilometer away in the Pandu River, and investigators await the post-mortem report after initial indications of strangulation.
- Officers report the families lived as tenants in the same building, had recurring disputes, and cite an alleged one-sided attraction toward the boy’s mother as the suspected motive.
- Early reports differed on whether the suspect had been caught, but the latest account details his arrest following the overnight encounter with police.