Overview
- The child was reported missing around 3:30 pm while playing outside his home in Delhi’s Narela area, according to police.
- Family members and officers found him unresponsive in the locked rented room of Nitu, a driver employed by the boy’s father.
- Investigators recovered a brick and a knife at the scene, and doctors at a nearby hospital declared the child dead.
- A murder case has been registered, and multiple teams are using CCTV footage and technical surveillance to locate the absconding suspect.
- Police say Nitu hails from Madhubani in Bihar, and a team has been dispatched there as the inquiry examines a prior drunken altercation and reprimand as the suspected motive.