13 yr Old Boy Kidnapped and Killed

Police Took 10 hrs to Trace Kidnapper’s Number

Megha Iyer

Dombivili: Thirteen years old, Tushar Soni (13), was kidnapped and murdered. Kidnapper wanted money for his wedding. The accused (Rakesh Madanlal Parihar) kidnapped Tushar on Tuesday afternoon while he was returning from his school. The accused tied Tushars hands and legs with a rope and a plaster in his mouth and kept him in a gunny sack. He was badly beaten by the accused.  He demanded five Lakhs cash from his family and threatened them that he will kill Tushar if they will refuse.

Tushar Soni (13), was a student of Adarsh English School Dombivili east, the accused was working in a cycle repair shop near the school. He met Tushar in his cycle shop and by then he targeted him. On Tuesday afternoon at 12:15pm, while Tushar was returning from his school, Parihar saw him and kidnapped him. His family was tensed about returning of their son. Later, at 1:15pm, the kidnapper ringed at Tushar’s residence and said, “Tera bhai mere paas hai, agar use vapas chahata hai to 5lakh rupaye taiyar rakh”. Again after 10 minutes at 1:25pm, Tushars father, Kiran Soni, received a call from the kidnapper saying, “Tera beta mere paas hai, use chahata hai to 5 lak le kar aa, nahi to tere bête ko maar dalunga”. His family got scared and Tushar’s father Kiran Soni immediately lodged a complaint at Ram Nagar Police Station in Dombivili and he gave the two numbers through which the kidnapper called him one was a local landline number and another was a Tata number. Police tried to trace the number immediately.

At 11pm on the same day, the kidnapper was traced. The location of mobile number was in Azdilgaon, a small village in Dombivili. Kidnapper was a resident of Azdilgaon and hence he kept Tushar there only but, in a isolated room tied in a sack. He has hit Tushar very badly. While searching for Tushar, police officers recovered Tushar’s dead body tied with rope all over kept inside a gunny sack. Police immediately arrested the accused. During investigation it was found that, Rakesh (accused) was to get married on 16^th of February and he needed money for his marriage. The case is now in court.

Four months before a same incident took place in Dombivili. Yash Shah a 12 yr old school going child was kidnapped and murdered for the sake of money. From past recent times, crime rate in Dombivili is taking place within a span of months. Police could have tried to save Tushar by tracing the accused in less time. But police traced the accused after 10 hours and recovered Tushar’s dead body.