9-year-old boy found murdered in Muktsar

A nine-year-old boy was found murdered on Tuesday near Rupana village, nearly 10km from the Muktsar district headquarters.

A nine-year-old boy was found murdered on Tuesday near Rupana village, nearly 10km from the Muktsar district headquarters.

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The victim was identified as Krishan Kumar whose family hails from Uttar Pradesh. The police said the boy was killed with a sharp-edged weapon.

His father is a factory worker. Muktsar DSP Parmjeet Singh said, “The boy had gone to a garbage dump to collect trash. Our preliminary investigation suggests that it was not a pre-planned murder. Post-mortem was conducted on the body.”

A case has been registered and the matter is being investigated, he added.