This Article is From Mar 11, 2012

Skeleton of kidnapped boy recovered

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, 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 murder, the police added.

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