<p>A six-year-old boy who had failed to return home after leaving for school on Monday was found killed in a forested area near his school in south Delhi’s Pul Prahladpur on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Police said investigations so far have thrown up no clue. Police also ruled out any sexual abuse angle in the case.<br /><br />Victim Vijay was a resident of Kheri village in Faridabad. He studied in class 2 at a government school in Delhi which is about three kilometres from his home.<br /><br />He left for school on Monday morning but did not return home in the evening. Investigations later revealed that he had not attended the school that day.<br /><br />“His parents had launched a search for him in the evening, but they had not approached local police in Faridabad,” a police officer told Deccan Herald.<br /><br />The boy’s body, still in school uniform, was discovered about 500 metres away from the school at 8 am on Tuesday by some locals who had visited the forested area.<br /><br />Police were informed and the body sent for a post-mortem. “There were several stab injuries on the face. But the death was possibly caused by a puncture wound on the neck,” said the officer.<br /><br />The boy was identified from an ID card and his parents were informed. His clothes were generally intact and police said the preliminary medical test ruled out any sexual abuse.<br /><br />A police team was dispatched to his home and his family and neighbours were questioned. His father works as a whitewasher. No ransom call was received by the family.</p>
<p>A six-year-old boy who had failed to return home after leaving for school on Monday was found killed in a forested area near his school in south Delhi’s Pul Prahladpur on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Police said investigations so far have thrown up no clue. Police also ruled out any sexual abuse angle in the case.<br /><br />Victim Vijay was a resident of Kheri village in Faridabad. He studied in class 2 at a government school in Delhi which is about three kilometres from his home.<br /><br />He left for school on Monday morning but did not return home in the evening. Investigations later revealed that he had not attended the school that day.<br /><br />“His parents had launched a search for him in the evening, but they had not approached local police in Faridabad,” a police officer told Deccan Herald.<br /><br />The boy’s body, still in school uniform, was discovered about 500 metres away from the school at 8 am on Tuesday by some locals who had visited the forested area.<br /><br />Police were informed and the body sent for a post-mortem. “There were several stab injuries on the face. But the death was possibly caused by a puncture wound on the neck,” said the officer.<br /><br />The boy was identified from an ID card and his parents were informed. His clothes were generally intact and police said the preliminary medical test ruled out any sexual abuse.<br /><br />A police team was dispatched to his home and his family and neighbours were questioned. His father works as a whitewasher. No ransom call was received by the family.</p>
