Maharashtra boy kidnapped, killed for Rs 25 lakh ransom, body found in sack

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A nine-year-old boy was killed in Maharashtra's Badlapur after he was kidnapped for ransom following his evening prayers at a local mosque, police said on Monday..

His body was found hidden in a sack at the accused's house and two people were arrested in connection with the incident...

The victim, Ibad, who studied in Class 4, had gone to the mosque to offer his evening prayers as it was Ramzan..

After that, the Badlapur police and Crime Branch, under the leadership of District Superintendent of Police DS Swami, began searching for Ibad throughout the night in the Goregaon area...

Fearing that the police would come to their house to investigate, the accused killed Ibad and stuffed his body in a sack and hid it behind his house..