On Wednesday, the mutilated body of a seven-year-old boy was found in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli, police said.
According to Superintendent of Police Dinesh Kumar, Sameer was strangulated to death while his hands, legs and tongue were cut off by the unidentified attackers. The body was found in a field in Adarsh Mandi police station area in Shamli.
He was being kidnapped on Tuesday while he was playing outside his house, said police.
The body was sent for postmortem and also a case against unidentified people was registered.
Further police added that to trace the culprits four police teams were constructed.
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