In a shocking incident, an eight-year-old boy kidnapped on September 15 in Nuzvid town, about 40 km from here, was found murdered on Saturday. The body, wrapped in a gunny bag, was dumped in a drain beneath a culvert on Valasapalli road in Musunuru mandal, about 15 km from Nuzvid.
Kollipara Rahul was kidnapped on Wednesday evening, and his father Suresh, a driver on contract with the APSRTC, received a phone call the next morning demanding payment of Rs.4 lakh in ransom.
The police said they suspected the involvement of three persons, known to the family of the boy, in the crime. They said that the boy might have been killed accidentally when the kidnappers tried to gag him to prevent him from shouting immediately after he was picked up.
The kidnappers were learnt to have confessed to the police that they eyed the Rs.2 lakh Mr. Suresh received from an insurance company following the death of his younger brother in a road accident a few months ago, the police said.
