2 Kidnapped Rajasthan Brothers Killed In Delhi, Lucky Escape For The 3rd
Police launched a search operation in Mehrauli forest, from where the bodies were recovered
New Delhi:
The bodies of two minor brothers were recovered from a forest in Delhi’s Mehrauli area today, while their brother, also a minor, was rescued after the trio was kidnapped from Rajasthan. Two persons have been arrested so far, who admitted to kidnapping the three children for ransom and later killing two of them.
According to the police, three brothers — 13-year-old Aman, eight-year-old Vipin and six-year-old Shiva — were kidnapped from Rajasthan’s Alwar on October 15 and lured to Delhi the same day in the name of showing them an aeroplane. The next day, the kidnappers, identified as Mahavir and Manjhi, called the children’s father, Gyan Singh, and demanded a ransom of Rs 10 lakh.
Police tracked the call and arrested the two suspects, who said they had kidnapped the children from Rajasthan, brought them to Delhi and killed them in the forest at Mehrauli.
Following this, a search operation was launched jointly by Delhi and Rajasthan Police, with the two accused, and the bodies of Aman and Vipin were recovered from the forest.
Meanwhile, on October 15, the third child, Shiva, was rescued by the police. He lay unconscious in the forest for about an hour after the accused had strangulated him, along with his two brothers. The accused left him in the forest, assuming he too was dead. However, once Shiva regained his consciousness, he walked out of the forest, before being spotted by the police.
Police later found out that Shiva was the youngest of the three brothers who were kidnapped from Rajasthan. He could barely mention his name and that of his father’s, after being rescued and was sent to a children’s home for rehabilitation.
Police said the accused had strangled the victims. However, the exact details will be clear only after the post mortem report is out.
The accused hailed from Bihar and lived near the victims’ family in Bhiwadi, Alwar. Preliminary investigation suggests that they were drug addicts. Mahavir ran a small mobile phone shop, while Manjhi worked in a factory, a police official added.
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