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Kidnappers kill 6-year-old boy in Rewari
Nawal Kishore Rastogi

Rewari, February 19
Apparently irked at the non-payment of ransom and information to the police, kidnappers killed Ankit Yadav (6) and threw his body in a mustard field near Bhatera village, about 14 km from here, from where it was recovered last evening.

The police has registered a case of murder and disappearance of evidence of offence under Sections 302, 201 of the IPC.

Ankit Yadav (6), son of Manoj Kumar Yadav of Bhatera village that falls under the Khol police station of this district, was a nursery student of Bhartiya Uchh Vidya Mandir at Nangal Mundi village, 2 km from Bhatera.

As usual he left home at about 8 am yesterday and proceeded towards the spot from where he was to catch the school bus. However, before he could get to the spot he was allegedly kidnapped by the miscreants.

They took him to an unknown place from where they made two telephonic calls at about 11 am at short intervals to Ankit’s guardians at Bhatera demanding a ransom of Rs 10 lakh for the safe release of the child. The kidnappers also made it clear to Ankit’s guardians that if they failed to pay the ransom before evening and dared inform the police, they would kill Ankit.

Ankit’s guardians informed the police but before the police could lay its hands on the kidnappers, they did Ankit to death.

The gruesome killing has sent shock waves in Bhatera and surrounding villages.

Remand of Abhi case accused extended
Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, February 19
After the expiry of four-day police remand today, the district police, Hoshiarpur, produced Vikram, alias Vicky Walia, Jasbir Singh and his wife Sonia, all alleged kidnappers and killers of Abhi Verma, a student of Class IX of the local DAV Senior Secondary School, in the court of Mr K.S. Cheema, Chief Judicial Magistrate, at 4.45 p.m.

He granted further police remand of all the accused up to February 25.