Agra (PTI): The police have arrested a man for allegedly kidnapping and killing his friend's four-year-old boy over a dispute, officials said on Monday.

The accused revealed that one of the issues that led to the dispute between the two was the removal of his name from the list of organisers of a 'bhandara' held in the past, police said.

Sukanya Sharma, Circle Officer, Chhatta, Agra said, "The incident took place on Saturday night. The boy was abducted by the accused, identified as Bunty (23), when the child was playing outside his home. The accused was the friend of the boy's father. The accused killed the boy to take revenge from his father”, police said.

Bunty abducted the boy on Saturday. When he could not be found, family members started searching for the boy, police said.

The accused also accompanied the family during the search. He claimed that a 'Baba' had informed him about the whereabouts of the boy, police said.

"The accused then took everyone to the location where the boy's body was lying," said the officer.

The body was sent for postmortem examination and Bunty was arrested, police said.

"During interrogation, the accused revealed that he had minor disputes with the boy's father. One of the issues that led to the dispute was that his name was removed from the list of organisers of a 'bhandara' organised in the past," said Sharma.

The accused revealed that he bought a country-made pistol and cartridges from a man in Agra, police said.

"The accused first abducted the boy and later shot him in the chest," said Sharma.

The boy's father and the accused used to work together in a confectionary shop.



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Bengaluru: A social media user calling himself ‘Bhiku Mhatre’ and working on ‘X’ with the handle ‘@MumbaichaDon’ was arrested by the Karnataka Cyber Crime Police in Goa on Saturday for sharing an edited video clip of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and posting a message targeting Muslims on the social platform.

The police arrested Mhatre in Ponda, a city in South Goa, based on a complaint by J Saravanan, a Congress worker from Bengaluru on April 29, accusing Mhatre of posting an edited video clip of the CM speaking on reservation for minorities and making objectionable comments on the post with the clip. Saravanan has accused Mhatre of attempting to incite enmity and hatred among communities as well as tarnish the image of the Congress party. A case was registered against Mhatre under section 153(a) of the Indian Penal Code and section 66(c) of the Information Technology Act.

The social media user had posted on April 22, “Throw this in the face of Every Liberal & Every Piddi who was arguing that CONgress Manifesto doesn’t mention ‘Mu$£ims’ specifically & it includes SC/STs Also. CONgress WANTS TO TAKE AWAY WEALTH FROM HINDUS & DISTRIBUTE TO MU$£IMS ‘ONLY’ AS IT HATES HINDUS INCL. SC/STs.”

While the post on ‘X’ has been deleted, the user insisted that he had never posted anything that could be considered communal and alleged that the Congress was attempting to intimidate him for speaking the truth. Hours before his arrest in Ponda too, Mhatre shared a screenshot of an email from the legal team of ‘X’, indicating that the Magistrate of the Bengaluru Court had issued an order regarding his account.

The BJP, in support of the arrested, has slammed the Congress government in Karnataka, alleging that the arrest was an abuse of power. Leaders of the party assured that Mhatre would be provided legal support in the matter.

Amit Malviya, who is the head of the BJP IT Cell, posted on Saturday, “Karnataka Police has arrested @MumbaichaDon from Goa. We are in touch with his family and will ensure he gets all legal support. Congress has unleashed anarchy and is intolerant of dissent. But there won’t be another #Emergency in this country, ever.”