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Gym instructor in Pune held for allegedly killing 16-year-old boy for ransom
As per the police preliminary report, Binaysingh Virendrasingh Rajput, gym instructor had kidnapped Nikhil Anant Angrolkar, a Class 10 student in order to extort money from his parents.
A gym instructor was arrested in Maharashtra’s Pune on Thursday for allegedly killing his 16-year-old neighbour for ransom. The teen’s body was found buried in Warje Malwadi area of the city, police said.
The deceased was identified as Nikhil Anant Angrolkar, a Class 10 student, and the arrested man as Binaysingh Virendrasingh Rajput.
“We are registering a punchnama of the site,” Rekha Salunkhe, senior inspector of Warje Malwadi police station, who reached the spot from where the body was recovered on Thursday, said.
“Binaysingh is a gym instructor. His family (parents and brother) knew Nikhil’s family. While the suspect says that the reason is ransom, but there might be more to it,” she said.
Angrolkar’s father, who runs a fabrication business, filed a missing person report on Monday. The boy’s lives in a three-storey house while the Rajput family resides in a smaller house located in the same area.
During their investigation, police found that Angrolkar was last seen with Rajput. They said Rajput had forced Angrolkar to sit on a two-wheeler with him when he found the teenager near their houses.
“He (Nikhil) may have put up a fight. We picked up the suspect while investigating the missing person’s complaint. The teenager had a head injury and was strangled later,” said Salunkhe.
They said Rajput confessed to having kidnapped and killed Angrolkar during questioning.
As per the preliminary report, Rajput had kidnapped him in order to extort money from his parents. However, the police are verifying his claims as he had not made any ransom demands.
Police said Angrolkar’s body was dumped in a pit and covered with garbage near an under construction farmhouse on NDA Road on Sunday. Police found the body on Thursday and sent it for post-mortem to the Sassoon General Hospital.
Police are also on the lookout for another man, who Rajput claims was involved in the murder. The accomplice may not have been known to the murdered boy, they added.
Officials said a case under sections 302 (murder), 363 (kidnapping) and 201 (destruction of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code will be registered against Rajput at Warje Malwadi police station. Section 364 (kidnapping or abducting in order to murder) might also be added to the case, they added.
