Four held for boy’s murder in Kanpur Dehat

KANPUR: Four persons have been arrested on Thursday for allegedly killing a minor boy in Kanpur Dehat district in a family dispute.
Superintendent of police Kanpur Dehat Keshav Kumar Choudhary said that the police worked out the case with regard to an FIR lodged at Shivli Kotwali police station on January 16, 2021. The main accused has been identified as Sumit Kumar Singh, a resident of Naubasta in Kanpur and the victim as Lucky Singh (17), of Jyoti village in Shivli area of Kanpur Dehat district.
The other aides of the main accused who assisted him in killing and disposing off the body of the victim, have been identified as Suraj Kumar and Shivam Savita of Bidhnoo area of Kanpur and Ashok Kumar of Mohanlalganj area of Lucknow.
Lucky, had been missing from his home since January 16.
During the investigation, police with the help of electronic surveillance zeroed in on Lucky’s brother-in-law Sumit Kumar Singh.
Police said Sumit, had a dispute with his wife Nidhi about four months ago. “In order to resolve the issue, Nidhi’s father Dinesh Singh and brother Lucky had visited her in-laws place and rebuked Sumit in front of his family members. Taking it as an insult, Sumit decided to teach a lesson to his wife and later kidnapped her minor brother. Later, with the help of his three aides Sumit strangled him to death and threw the body in a canal in Saadh area near Gopalpur village. The police recovered the body of Lucky from the canal on January 25,” the police said.
“During sustained grilling, Sumit broke down and confessed to the killing. He stated that he had killed Lucky in order to teach his wife and her family members a lesson as they had rebuked him,” said the police and added, “All four accused have been booked under relevant sections of IPC and sent to jail.”