Kumar Rajiv Nayan
Ara : Police on February 16, 2020, exhumed body of a missing teenage boy at village Baligon under Ayar police station in Bhojpur district and brought it over to Ara Sadar Hospital for post-mortem.
The deceased was identified as Ankit Kumar, 15, son of Pintu Baitha. Love affair is said to be the reason behind the murder of Ankit Kumar. Police also arrested seven persons including a girl, her father, and uncle in this connection. Later, police sent them to jail after interrogation.
SHO, Ayar police station said, that Ankit Kumar was a student of class IX at Janata High School, Baligaon, and was missing since Valentine Day on February 14, 2020. An FIR was lodged with Ayar police station regarding his missing. After institution of FIR, police swung into action and exhumed the body packed in a gunny bag from the bank of a canal at village Baligaon. The SHO further said that the miscreants strangulated Ankit to death and buried the body on the bank of canal after packing the body into a gunny bag.
Ankit Kumar and the girl studied at the same school and fell in love. On February 14, 2020,, he had gone to meet the girl but her family members saw them. Later, they called Ankit Kumar from the mobile of the girl to a secluded place where he was strangulated to death. The body was packed into a gunny bag and buried on the bank of the canal. On the revelation of the arrested persons, police exhumed the body from there.