IAS aspirant murders 7-year-old boy over revenge; keeps body for 35 days

A seven-year-old boy was killed by a civil services aspirant who had kidnapped him for ransom.

The IAS aspirant, Avdesh Sakya had kidnapped his landlord’s son on January 7 but developed cold feet fearing police action and killed the child.

As per the reports, he stuffed the boy’s body in a suitcase and lived with it the same room for 35 days before the stench alerted the neighbours who complained to the police.

The incident took place in Swaroop Nagar, near north Delhi’s Bhalaswa and police arrested Sakya on Tuesday.

During the interrogation, he informed the police officials regarding his plan to demand a ransom of Rs 15-20 lakh from his landlord a few days after murdering the boy but later changed his mind.

In a statement to the police, Sakya said that he lured the boy, Ashish on the pretext of purchasing him a cycle and confined him in a flat nearby but fearing police action, he decided to kill him. After killing the boy, he stuffed the body in a suitcase and been looking for an opportunity to dispose of it since then.

Police stated that Sakya had been involved in a verbal argument with the child’s father a few months ago and was looking to seek revenge