Noida: Man kills 7-year-old brother of woman who rejected his marriage proposal

A 24-year-old man was taken into custody for allegedly murdering a seven year old brother of a woman whose family had turned down his marraige proposal in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida, said police on Sunday.

The dead body of the boy was recovered near a pit under the Mahamaya Flyover in the city on Thursday.

His identity was found out later that evening and family notified, following which an FIR was registered and an investigation was launched, the police said.

"During investigation, the name of Babu, who lives in the same Chhalera village as does the family of the victim, emerged. The boy''s mother told the police that they had turned down his proposal for marriage with his daughter, which had enraged Babu," Noida Deputy Commissioner of Police Rajesh S said.

Babu was absconding since the incident came to the light, however he was nabbed near Sector 44 cut on Sunday by officials from the Sector 39 police station, he said.

"It later emerged that he had taken the boy under the flyover and drowned him in a pit filled with water. He had left the body there and fled the spot. He did all this because of the marriage-related incident,” the DCP said.

Babu, who came from West Bengal, has been booked under Indian Penal Code sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence), the officer said, adding that the accused has been put behind bars.

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