Missing boy found dead in Rasoolabad

Kanpur:The body of a six-year-old boy with grievous injuries was found on Friday in a village in Rasoolabad area of Kanpur Dehat district. The father of the boy had registered a complaint on Friday morning after he went missing while playing near his house on late Thursday evening, police said.
The boy, identified as Happy, son of Sunil Kumar of Bhaisanya village under Rasoolabad police jurisdiction, had been missing from his house in Bhaisayan village since Thursday evening.Police said the child’s body was recovered from near a bore-well in the same village and few suspects with criminal background were taken into custody and their questioning is underway.
Police later sent the body for post-mortem examination after superintendent of police Anurag Vatsa visited the spot.
The child’s family said they first searched for him whole night and then filed a police complaint.
“Going by the preliminary findings, it appears that the boy was done to death. The post- mortem report could help in solving the murder mystery. It is too early to draw any conclusion with regard to motive behind the gory crime. Investigations are continuing in this regard,” said SP.