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Faridabad Stepfather Arrested in 3-Year-Old’s Killing After Confession Leads Police to Body

Police say he directed them to the Sector 58 site, with autopsy findings pending to establish the precise cause of death.

Overview

  • Prashant Kumar, 27, was arrested in Ballabgarh and placed in one-day police remand, according to Faridabad police.
  • The child’s mother filed a missing-person complaint after he left home with Kumar, leading to an FIR at the Ballabgarh City police station.
  • Investigators allege Kumar punched the boy in the abdomen at their Arya Nagar residence, then took him on a motorcycle and dumped the body in Sector 58.
  • Officers said the body was recovered in an advanced state of decomposition and was handed to the family after a post-mortem, with the report awaited.
  • Police cite repeated pressure to send the boy to his maternal grandparents in Bihar and growing hostility in the household as a suspected motive.