Overview

• The victim, 14-year-old Lakshya, was reported missing on September 16 after being last seen with his cousin, Yuvraj alias Yash Prajapati.
• Investigators allege Yuvraj lured the boy to a Preet Vihar theatre, strangled him, and struck the body with bricks before abandoning it.
• Police say the accused had borrowed about ₹3 lakh from his uncle for crypto investments and panicked when pressed to return ₹50,000.
• Yuvraj was arrested, confessed during questioning according to police, and has been sent to jail.
• The case was traced through CCTV, mobile location data, and an informant, and the FIR was updated from kidnapping to murder under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.