Hyderabad: Eight-year-old boy’s body found at Moosapet nala, human sacrifice suspected

The police said there was no evidence of human sacrifice as of now. However, all possible angles were being probed.

Hyderabad: In a horrific incident, an eight-year-old boy was killed at Allauddin Koti in Sanathnagar on Thursday.

The suspect, Imran, who is a transgender person was taken into custody. Preliminary investigation indicated a financial issue is suspected to be the reason.

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Though the child’s family and locals claimed that Thursday being a new moon day, Imran allegedly killed the boy as part of a human sacrifice, the police said there was no evidence of it as of now. However, all possible angles were being probed.

Police sources said Imran is suspected to have first killed the child by strangulation and forcibly dipping his head in the bucket filled with water. After confirming the child had died, Imran, with the help of an auto-rickshaw driver stuffed the body in the water bucket and a bag and threw it in the nala at Moosapet.

With already a missing complaint booked with the Sanathnagar police by then, special teams were formed and the CCTV footage was examined. Police found the body being taken to be dumped in the nala.

The police took the suspect into custody and as the news spread, the local residents charged at Imran’s house in the locality and damaged it. They allegedly found indications of a human sacrifice at the spot.

The body was recovered from the nala and shifted to the hospital for autopsy.

The Sanathnagar police are investigating.