According to the V P Road police which is investigating the case, the 13-year-old boy was burnt alive by one of the two accused Vrijesh Sanghvi. The killers didn’t pay heed to Aditya’s cry for mercy, “Bhaiya, aap mujhe kyun mar rahe ho (Brother, why are you killing me?)”

Yesterday, MiD DAY had reported (‘Diamond merchant’s 13-yr-old son abducted and killed by cousin, aide’) that Aditya Ranka, son of diamond merchant Jeetendra Ranka, was kidnapped, killed and his body dumped near Panvel on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on Monday.