DHANBAD: Villagers on Thursday morning blocked the
Giridih-Dumri
main road for more than three hours after they found the body of a five-year-old boy at Chaitadih village under Giridih muffasil police station.
The deceased, identified as Raja, reportedly went missing on Wednesday evening, from Chaitadih-based funeral ground, where he along with few other kids were playing. "The child's body was found in a village pond early on Thursday morning," police said.
"My son had gone to play in the nearest ground but did not return till late evening. It was around 8 pm when we called other villagers and launched a hunt for the kid but in vain. We recovered his body from the village pond today," the deceased's father
Mohd Halim
said, adding he suspected a case of murder.
"This is the second such incident in the last one year in the same village. Last year, a 3-year-old girl was kidnapped and murdered. The murderer had disposed off the body in the bushes in a similar manner. We want immediate arrest of the culprit and strong action in this regard," a villager
Sukhdeo
said.
It was not until 11 am when police arrived and lifted the blockade. "We spotted several injuries on the child's head and investigations are on", Muffasil PS in-charge Surenra
Kumar
Singh said.
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