A police officer said on Thursday that a person killed his 17-year-old grand nephew, broke his head and torso, and threw body parts at different places on the advice of a tantric allegedly.
He said that the accused, identified as Sharan Singh, has been arrested from the Carry region of Prayagraj.
According to Deputy Commissioner of Police Abhishek Bharti, the Sharan was the brother of the victim’s grandfather.
He said, “He was arrested on Wednesday night. During interrogation, Sharan confessed to killing his Grand-Name, Piyus, and explained his motive,” he said.
The DCP said that Sharan’s son and daughter committed suicide in 2023 and 2024 respectively. In his grief, Sharan consulted a tantric, asked why his children died. The tantric reportedly told him that Piyush had died, and because he was not, his children of refuge have fallen in his place. The tantric then advised Sharan to kill the boy.
Piyush, a student of class 11 at Saraswati Vidya Mandir, was reported to be missing on Tuesday. The boy left for school but never returned. When her worried mother Kamini Devi went to school, she came to know that Piyush did not show that day. He filed a report of a missing person at Karli police station.
The police again started an investigation. On Tuesday, he found a torso in a drain in Naini Industrial Area. However, the body could not be identified at that time because the head was missing.
On Wednesday, Piyush’s head was discovered in Saidpur Kachhar area of ​​Kareli, identifying his body.
During further police investigation, a local woman revealed that she had seen a person on a scooter, throwing a bundle into a drain. His description of the person matched the refuge, and he was arrested.
According to the police, Sharan admitted that he killed the teenager and destroyed her body. They wrapped the boy’s torso in a saree, and used their scooter to dump it in a drain near the Kuria Lyion village.
The DCP said that Sharan is now in custody, and investigation is on.
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