In a shocking incident, a six-year-old boy was strangled to death by a cop in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district. The hungry boy was reportedly seeking money from a constable which enraged the cop who strangled him to death, the police said on Wednesday. As per the police, the incident was reported from Datia district, and the accused cop, Ravi Sharma, was arrested soon after the incident.

Datia district Superintendent of Police has written to the police headquarters in Bhopal to dismiss Sharma from service. The state police top brass is likely to dismiss Sharma from service soon, sources told IANS on Wednesday. According to the police, the six-year-old boy went missing on May 4. The son of the owner of a small saloon, the boy went missing on the day when the town was dotted with VIP visits for the Maa Pitambara Rathyatra.