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Eight-year-old murdered in cold blood
An eight-year-old boy was found murdered in a cold blood at Rajpur Municipality-9 in Rautahat district on Tuesday.An eight-year-old boy was found murdered in a cold blood at Rajpur Municipality-9 in Rautahat district on Tuesday.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Ram Kumar Dani said the body of Mophujan Dewan was discovered in a mustard field at Baraiya area near Nepal-India border.
The boy had sustained deep cut injury in his neck, added DSP Dani.
The body was taken to District Hospital in Gaur for postmortem.
Mophujan had left the house with his two friends in the morning to see the procession of Saraswoti idol immersion. Friends and family members of Mophujan have claimed that he was murdered for touching the Saraswoti idol, because he belonged to the Muslim faith.
Police has arrested five suspects in connection to the boy’s murder.
DSP Dani said the case was under investigation.
The local administration has strengthened security in the area to avert untoward incidents.