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Mumbai: An official said that two brothers have been arrested after the body of a 12-year-old boy was found in a pond in Navi Mumbai. The duo, identified as Ramzan Mohammad Kuddus Shaikh (20) and his brother Azad Mohammad Kuddus Sheikh (30).
They were booked on the murder charge after one of the accused kidnapped the boy from the Thakurpada area and attempted to sodomise him. According to police, when the boy raised an alarm, the accused killed him, while his brother helped in disposing of the body.
The body of the boy was found in a pond in a village near Taloja in Navi Mumbai. The boy went missing on March 25 after he went out of the house to play. The police said that a complaint was lodged at Shil-Daighar police station.
They added,”Meanwhile, the boy’s body with hands tied and injury on his head was found in a pond near Taloja in Navi Mumbai.” The police began the investigation on technical and intelligence inputs to zero in on the accused.
About this incident, the police said,”One of the brothers, Ramzan, tried to have unnatural sex with the boy, but he resisted and raised an alarm. He smashed his head with a stone and strangled him to death using a piece of cloth. His brother helped him in disposing the body in the pond.”
