The accused wanted to extort money from his father
Two minors have been apprehended for allegedly killing a 10-year-old boy whose body was recovered from a mosque in north-east Delhi’s Khajuri Khas, the police said on Saturday.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (North-East) Ved Prakash Surya said that one Shamim, a resident of Shri Ram Colony, lodged a missing report of his son at Khajuri Khas police station on Friday. He told the police that the boy was missing since the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. Shamim said that on Thursday around 6.50 p.m., his son went to Madina Masjid of Shri Ram Colony, but did not return.