Delhi Horror: 16-Year-Old Boy Abducted For Rs 10 Lakh Ransom, Murdered After 3 Days

New Delhi: In a gruesome incident, a 16-year-old boy was abducted and killed for a Rs 10 lakh ransom in the Wazirabad area of Delhi, police said on Wednesday.

Three juveniles have been arrested in connection with the murder.

According to police, the class 9 student was taken to a secluded area near Bhalaswa Lake, where he was repeatedly stabbed. 

"The boy's family received a ransom call for Rs 10 lakh, and later, they found his body," police said. 

Police said that the boy had been missing since Sunday, with a complaint filed at the local police station on Monday. He was a student in Mukherjee Nagar.

"During the investigation, it was discovered that the boy was last seen with three other boys, aged 16 and 17, on a motorcycle on Jharoda Pushta Road," the officer said, confirming the sighting with CCTV footage from the area.

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The police arrested all three juveniles, who admitted to kidnapping the boy for ransom. 

Police said that all three juveniles told investigators that they had taken the boy for a ride on Sunday, then lured him to a forested area near Bhalaswa Lake, where they stabbed him to death before fleeing. 

The next day, they used the boy's SIM card to call his father, a driver, and demand the Rs 10 lakh ransom. The victim’s body was later found by police based on information provided by the arrested juveniles, police said.