Police suspect that a 12-year-old boy, who was kidnapped and found murdered at Nallasopara on Wednesday was killed by a tantrik who had demanded Rs 5 lakh from his family a few days back.
<img title="Nitish Tiwari was kidnapped on Sunday from near his house. Pics/Hanif Patel" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/jul/Nitish-Tiwari.jpg" alt="Nitish Tiwari was kidnapped on Sunday from near his house. Pics/Hanif Patel" /> Nitish Tiwari was kidnapped on Sunday from near his house. Pics/Hanif Patel
The police have detained the tantrik woman and her accomplices, though they hadn&rsquo;t been arrested till Thursday. The boy, identified as Nitish Tiwari, was a Std VII student of St Lukes English High school at Nallasopara (East).
<img title="Nitish&rsquo;s body was found behind his school at Nallasopara" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/jul/Nallasopara-school.jpg" alt="Nitish&rsquo;s body was found behind his school at Nallasopara" /> Nitish&rsquo;s body was found behind his school at Nallasopara
Police said the tantrik, identified as Rajbar, was always scaring the family into conducting some rituals at home to &lsquo;stay safe&rsquo; from trouble. Police also detained four others who are suspected to have kidnapped the boy from near his school and killed him.
<img title="A local shows the spot near which the boy&rsquo;s body was found" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/jul/Murder-spot.jpg" alt="A local shows the spot near which the boy&rsquo;s body was found" /> A local shows the spot near which the boy&rsquo;s body was found
On Wednesday, Nallasopara-based Tulinj police had found the decomposed body of Tiwari from the drain behind his school.
Belief According to police officials, Tiwari&rsquo;s mother Manju believes in tantrik rituals and Rajbar used to warn her that the family would get into big trouble. The woman used to take money from them to &lsquo;ward it off&rsquo;.
Tiwari&rsquo;s father Manoj said, &ldquo;My son was innocent. On Sunday, he was kidnapped from near our residence. I received a ransom call and was threatened to not inform the police. But I immediately informed the police and registered a kidnapping case at Tulinj police station.&rdquo;
His mother Manju said, &ldquo;I was in contact with tantrik Rajbar, who has conducted rituals at my house many a times. Rajbar always used to give hints about upcoming troubles for our family and we trusted her.
A few days back, she told us we would be in big trouble and that she could save us. She demanded Rs 5 lakh from us, but we didn&rsquo;t give it to her. We suspect she and her colleagues are behind this.&rdquo;
However, the police have not yet arrested any of the accused. When asked the reason for this, they refused to reveal it. Tiwari&rsquo;s parents allege that had the police taken the case seriously, their son could have been saved.
The family also claimed to have given the suspected accused&rsquo;s name to the police on the same day, but say cops did not take them into custody.
Cop speak Palghar-based Additional Superintendent of Police K Kokate said, &ldquo;In 24 hours, we will arrest them. It&rsquo;s a clear case of murder and we are waiting for the post-mortem report from J J Hospital.&rdquo;

Cops suspect that a 12-year-old boy, who was kidnapped and found murdered at Nallasopara on Wednesday was killed by a tantrik who had demanded Rs 5 lakh from his family a few days back

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