Gang of 13 sexually assaulted boy in Outer Delhi, stabbed him 24 times; suspected he was informer: Cops

Police had earlier arrested two men and apprehended four juveniles in connection with the case. Three more people were arrested on July 18 from Meerut; police said they had tried to disguise themselves as kanwariyas.

“One of the accused and two juveniles took part in the Kanwar Yatra… they were in a kanwar camp in Meerut. Police personnel also disguised themselves as kanwariyas to enter the camp and arrested the accused,” an officer said.

A total of 9 people have been apprehended in the case, including the main accused.

Police said the main accused had allegedly been beaten up by the Bandhwa brothers last Nove-mber and blamed the victim for it. He and his group abducted the victim on June 30, before they sexually assaulted and stabbed him one by one, the officer claimed.

The incident came to light on July 1, when police received a PCR call at 3.10 pm regarding a body found near the WTP. On reaching the location, police discovered the body in the Munak Canal, with a scarf tightly wrapped around his neck and multiple stab wounds.

A case under BNS sections 103(1) (murder) and 238(b) (causing disappearance of evidence) was registered. Later, the investigation had revealed that the murder stemmed from personal enmity between the deceased and two brothers from the same locality, said police. Police said Section 6 of the POCSO Act has been added to the FIR.

“The main accused had suspected that the victim and a couple of his friends were informers and had connived with the Bandhwa brothers to assault him last Diwali. He was planning revenge for a long time. On the intervening night of June 29-30, he and and seven others gathered together and planned to execute the murder,” DCP (Outer North) Hareshwar Swami had said.