Rejected in love, a man took the criminal route to prove to his girlfriend that he was capable of making fast bucks. The failed lover instead landed in the police net, but not before he stained his hands with blood.
Lucknow police on Sunday arrested Kishore alias Babloo, a resident of Rastogi Nagar in Thakurganj, for kidnapping and killing his distant cousin. Babloo kidnapped six-year-old Shivam, son of Rajaram Tiwari, a resident of Rastogi Nagar in Thakurganj and then allegedly strangulated him. He was produced before mediapersons at SP (West) office in Kaiserbagh.
The lover-turned-criminal, who claimed to have written a 13-page love letter to his girlfriend from his blood, said owing to his weak financial status, she married another man.
Babloo killed Shivam on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, the police said. He then buried his body in Bari Ka Jungle in Thakurganj. Babloo did all this after making a ransom call to Rajaram at around 2.30am.
Interestingly, a police team after confirming that the mobile used by Babloo was in the name of one Arjun of Basti, even picked him up and brought him to Lucknow. However, another call was made on Friday morning.
Cops finally nabbed Babloo and recovered the SIM card used by Babloo to make the ransom call. On further interrogation, Babloo confessed his crime and also led the police to the recovery of Shivam’s clothes , DIG DK Thakur said.
Showing no signs of remorse when produced before media, Babloo said he was also plotting to kill a woman, who also happens to be a close relative of Rajaram. According to Babloo, the woman, a resident of Ramnagar near Rastogi Nagar, was allegedly behind the murder of his grandfather.
–SOurce:TOI