Overview
- A young boy from Meerut went missing while playing and his body was recovered after police detained a man identified as Arpit Parashar or Sharma.
- Police say the arrest led to a confession in which the suspect told investigators he killed the child because he wanted to marry the child’s mother and saw the boy as an obstacle.
- Investigators used neighbourhood CCTV showing the boy entering a white car as a key lead and then carried out searches that located the body about 10 km from the home.
- Authorities have sent the body for a post-mortem and are examining mobile and CCTV evidence while questioning the child’s mother as part of the ongoing probe.
- Local residents have criticised policing and patrols after the disappearance and officials say forensic and legal steps will be needed to reconcile differing accounts about how the child died.