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A 36-year-old antheral has been arrested for allegedly sidesplitting his 12-year-old stepson successful northeast Delhi owed to a quality implicit his narration with the boy's mother, officials said connected Saturday (January 31, 2026).
The accused, identified arsenic Wazid Khan, a nonmigratory of Shastri Park, was arrested connected Saturday (January 31, 2026) pursuing sustained interrogation, they said.
Relatives told PTI that the boy's parent had joined Khan successful 2020, a twelvemonth aft the decease of her archetypal husband. They alleged that disputes had been predominant astatine location successful caller months, peculiarly aft the children from her archetypal matrimony returned from a hostel wherever they had been staying.
"During questioning, the accused disclosed that helium had an ongoing quality related to his narration with the parent of the deceased," a elder constabulary serviceman said.
The apprehension comes a time aft the Class 7 pupil was recovered dormant with grievous injuries adjacent the Shastri Park chowk loop.
Police had received accusation astir the injured kid astir 9.50 a.m. connected Friday (January 30, 2026) and rushed him to Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital, wherever doctors declared him dead. The lad had aggregate injuries, including wounds connected his caput and eyes, and marks of terrible assault, officials said.
According to police, the lad had gone retired to play connected Thursday (January 29, 2026) evening aft returning from school, but did not travel backmost home. Family members searched for him done the night.
Investigators noted that the lad and his younger member were dropped astatine their location astir 6.30 p.m. connected Thursday (January 29, 2026) by Khan, who worked arsenic an e-rickshaw driver.
A lawsuit nether Section 103(1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has been registered astatine the Shastri Park constabulary station. The assemblage was sent to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital for post-mortem examination.
Police said they are verifying each aspects of the case, including the series of events and physics evidence.
