Bahraich(Uttar Pradesh): Three days after a standard VI child body was found in a field in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich, the Uttar Pradesh Police on Sunday said that they had cracked the case and arrested the accused. The deceased child has been identified as Vivek Verma (10), a resident of Parsa village under the Nanpara police station of the district.
According to the police, Vivek was strangled to death in a wheat field on Thursday. On receiving the information about the body, the police reached the spot and after registering a case, started an investigation into the matter. The police formed three teams for the investigation in this regard.
Superintendent of Police, Prashant Verma said, "The son of the deceased's cousin remained unwell. The deceased's cousin, Anoop Verma, instead of having treatment went to Tantrik who advised him to sacrifice a child's life. Anoop on Thursday took Vivek to the wheat field with him and killed him with a shovel."
