Overview
- The 13-year-old left home to attend a friend’s birthday on August 16 and a decomposed body matching his description was recovered from the Sector 54 green belt on August 21.
- Police say they first detained a 15-year-old and this week took two more boys aged 13 and 16 into custody; all three were produced before the Juvenile Justice Board and remanded to observation homes.
- Investigators allege the killing began as a money dispute and that one suspect told police the victim was smothered; the post-mortem recorded no visible external injuries and viscera were preserved for further forensic analysis.
- The victim’s mother says officials delayed informing the family, alleges dismemberment and names Muslim youths as suspects, claims that police dispute and that key family allegations remain unverified.
- Authorities upgraded an initial kidnapping FIR under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita to a murder case and will rely on forensic results and juvenile proceedings to fix charges and guide apprehension of other suspects.