Teen arrested for abducting and killing five-year-old boy
The accused, identified as Shams Qamar, aged around 19, a native of Bihar, worked at a timber depot alongside the victim's father, said the Uppal police Inspector, K. Bhaskar.
'The boy had gone missing on August 12 at around 3.30 p.m. while playing near his home. His father lodged a complaint the next morning after a search of the locality failed to locate him,' said the officer.
However, the CCTV footage from KCR Nagar and surrounding areas spotted a suspicious man leading the child away. 'Qamar was traced and arrested on August 15 at around 8 p.m. During questioning, he allegedly admitted to luring the boy to a tree plantation near the Ambedkar statue in KCR Nagar on the pretext of buying him biscuits,' explained the Inspector.
Police said he confessed to killing the child by strangling him, fearing exposure after harbouring sexual intent towards the child.
Following the confession, officers recovered the child's body from the plantation. It was shifted to Gandhi Hospital for a post-mortem examination.
Qamar has been booked under sections 137(2) and 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with sections 5 read with 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.
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