Body of 8-yr-Old Boy With Stab Wounds Recovered From Forest in Ayodhya

An eight-year-old boy with stab injuries was found in a forest in Ayodhya, a day after he went missing from his house on Wednesday. Today, the body was found in an 8-feet dip pit, with multiple stab wounds.

Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh): The body of an eight-year-old boy with stab injuries was recovered from a forest here on Wednesday, a day after he went missing from his house in the Tarun area, police said. Raj Gupta, son of Manoj Gupta, a local businessman, went missing from his house in Kichuti Bazar after 7 pm on Tuesday, they said.

The boy's father lodged a complaint with the police alleging kidnapping but a missing report was lodged in the matter, officials said. When villagers went to the forest around 10 am on Wednesday to fetch wood, they spotted the boy's body lying in an 8-feet dip pit, the police said. Police officials said that the body had several stab wounds. "Whoever is involved in this incident will not be spared and strictest action will be taken," Deputy Superintendent of Police Surendra Singh said.

He added that the body has been sent for post-mortem. Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav hit out at the state government over the incident. "The news of kidnapping and murder of an innocent child of a businessman in highly sensitive Ayodhya is very sad," Yadav wrote on X.

"This is a serious incident because just a day ago Ayodhya was the most important place in the country from the security point of view. This is the truth behind the false claims of the BJP government of Uttar Pradesh that law and order is under control," he added.

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