15-year-old wanted for kidnapped Ankit's murder

Lucknow, Dec 12 (UNI) Police today recovered the partly decomposed body of a 13-year-old boy from the outskirts of the Uttar Pradesh capital, who was kidnapped four days ago near his residencen here.

While police have arrested three college students in this regard, they were looking for four more accused, including a 15-year-old.

The accused told interrogators that while they had kidnapped Ankit for ransom on December 8, they used a computer wire to strangle him after his parents refused to pay the Rs 5 lakh demanded.

A student of class VIII at a Central School, Ankit is the son of R S Vishwakarma, employee of the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) here.

Police sources said the body was recovered this morning near a canal in Muradabad village on the Lucknow-Deva road in the adjoining Barabanki district following interrogation of three accused, who were arrested here last night.

The three arrested youths were identified as Vishal Mishra, Satyendra Gupta and Gaurav Singh.

During the interrogation, the youths admitted before the police that they had killed Ankit in a car on the night of his abduction and had dumped the body on the Lucknow-Deva road.

However, the police were in search of another three people believed to be involved in the kidnapping, including 15-year-old Chhotu, who used to play cricket with the victim. It was Chottu, who along with one Himanshu had taken Ankit from his home to play a match.

Meanwhile, the employees union of the SGPGIMS have threatened to go on an indefinite strike in protest against the killing of the boy.

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