Bhiwandi: A 21-year-old man has been arrested for killing his eight-year-old boyfriend’s son for uncovering their relationship with his father.
The incident occurred in Bhiwandi Taluka from the Thane district in Maharashtra.
The arrested charges have been identified as Jitendra Maddheshiya.
He worked as a cook at the victim’s house in Bhiwandi and had a prohibited relationship with the mother’s mother.
Police sources said that the child lost from his home on Thursday.
After registering kidnapping cases, police Bhouwada started the probe.
The next day, they found the body of the child in a closed flat from the victim’s family located on the fourth floor of the same building they lived.
A senior police officer told Tii, “After registering a murder case on Friday late at night when we started an investigation, we knew that the father’s father had recently asked Maddheshiya to stop working at home as a cook.” The police said that when their team grilled Maddheshiya, he claimed to kill the child.
“The defendant said that he was not happy with the child who had exposed his relationship with his mother, to his father who had put it from work after learning about the same thing.”