New Delhi: In a horrific incident of suspected murder reported from Delhi, the mutilated body of a two-year-old boy was recovered from a MCD toilet in the vicinity of his house in Anand Parbat area of the national capital on Sunday day after he went missing while playing outside his house.
Police said that the body of the child was recovered from the toilet on Sunday morning and bore cigarette burns at many places. The body wrapped in a cloth also had injuries caused by some heavy object even as the face was disfigured inside the MCD toilet at a distance of about 100 meters from the house of the victim. Police have registered a murder case into the incident while further investigation is going on.
As soon as the body was found on Sunday, a wave of shock and grief descended on the locality with the grieved familu making serious allegations of negligence on part of the police and said that had the police acted on time, the toddler could have been saved.
According to the family, the child went missing at around 7:30 PM on Saturday while playing outside his house. The victim's mother said that they pleaded with the police several times on Saturday night to find her child, but the police did not take the matter seriously.
The grandfather of the victim said that he was playing in front of the house at around 7.30 pm on Saturday evening while his mother was cooking food. The child suddenly disappeared and when he could not be found even after a lot of searching, the approached the concerned police station and lodged a police complaint in this regard.
The victim's father plays drums in weddings and other occasions.
While the motive of the murder was not immediately known, the family suspect that robbers or drunkards might have carried out the incident as the silver bracelets and anklets are missing from the child's hand.
