The macabre plot came to light within hours after the victim, identified as Ganesh, was found dead in a park in south-west Delhi's Naraina area last evening. He was kidnapped Thursday evening when he was playing outside his house in Central Delhi's Ranjit Nagar area.
Police believed since beginning that a known person of the family was involved as professionals would not have kidnapped a fruit vendor's son and demanded Rs 1.5 lakh.
He disclosed that he wanted to buy an iPhone and lead a lavish lifestyle. He knew that the deceased's father had recently spent Rs 1.5 lakh on his heart surgery. This led him to believe that he can arrange the same amount of money again, police said.
He made a ransom call of Rs 1.5 lakh to the deceased's father and directed him to arrange the same by the next morning. After brutally killing the child, he came back to his house and washed his clothes and even involved himself in the search of the child with the deceased family to avoid being suspected, he said.
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