Overview

• The two-year-old was reported missing from Khajuri Chowk on Friday, and a kidnapping FIR was filed under Section 137(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
• Morning walkers found the body around 6:30 am Saturday near the boundary wall of a CRPF camp in Biharipur, about a kilometre from where he was last seen.
• Deputy commissioner of police Ashish Mishra said murder provisions were added after the recovery as teams work to identify and apprehend the accused.
• Forensic specialists processed the wooded site and the body was sent for post-mortem to determine the exact cause of death.
• Police are examining a possible sexual-assault angle, and an initial assessment suggests blunt-force head trauma, with the child’s identity withheld.