Victim kidnapped after parents couldn’t pay Rs. 5,000 advance for tuition.
AB Wire
NEW DELHI: A home tutor in Bihar’s East Champaran district has been arrested after chopping up the body of a 10-year-old student of his and dumping the pieces in a ditch following a failed ransom bid.
Sandhir Dubey used to tutor Vivek Tiwari of Barharwa village in his home, but abducted the child after his parents could not pay Rs. 5,000 as an advance fee for five months on February 9.
The terrible tale unfolded when Vivek’s parents received a call demanding Rs. 15 lakhs soon after the abduction. Police said when the parents expressed their inability to pay the ransom, Dubey murdered his victim. The boy’s mutilated body was only found on March 17 in a ditch 11 kilometers away.
Police said the boy’s head, hands and legs were severed and scattered throughout the ditch. Police also claimed to have recovered a bloody axe beside the butt and the barrel of a pistol.
Police have taken Dubey and a 14-year-old accomplice into custody, who was said to be a distant relative of the teacher. Police said the teenager broke down and gave up the brutal details of the crime during intense interrogation.
In a twisted moment of irony, Dubey even offered to help search for the boy when he went missing.
“We paid Rs. 3,500 for petrol for his bike and purchased a mobile for him when he asked for it to join the search for the boy,†the victim’s father told The Hindustan Times. “However, we felt something suspicious about his behavior and told the police about it,†he continued.
Angry locals bludgeoned Dubey when he was being taken to jail on Thursday, and the Times reports he was beaten by the inmates of Motihari central jail upon arrival as well.