Bareilly: Unable to buy a new car, a 20-year-old polytechnic student allegedly abducted and killed his eight-year-old nephew to extort a ransom of Rs 6.4 lakh from his own family to fulfil his long-standing desire to have a four-wheeler of his own.Tinkoo Yadav hatched a conspiracy, along with his aide Raghunandan, and kidnapped his nephew Saurabh when he was playing outside his residence in Sajanpur village under Bithri Chainpur police station on Sunday afternoon, said police.When Saurabh did not return, even after the children playing with him left for their homes, his parents became anxious and started searching for him, but in vain.“Tinkoo, who used to live in the neighbourhood, informed Bablu Yadav, Saurabh’s father, about the kidnappers' letter demanding a ransom of Rs 6.4 lakh,” said police. That's when the victim's father immediately informed them about the incident, following which a team was pressed to work out the case.In the course of investigation, the handwriting in the kidnappers' letter matched with samples taken from Tinkoo and he was detained for questioning.During interrogation, said police, Tinkoo broke down and confessed to have committed the gruesome crime.After Tinkoo’s confession, police dug out Saurabh’s body and handed over to the family after the post-mortem.Superintendent of polic (city) Rohit Singh Sajwan said, “Fearing that their plan would be spoiled if Saurabh raised an alarm, Tinkoo strangled his nephew to death and buried his body at a discreet location close to his residence with the help of Raghunandan.”The SP told TOI that the child was killed immediately after the abduction, and the ransom letter was kept ready in advance to apprise the family about the kidnapping and the ransom.“The handwritten letter raised our suspicion, and the case was cracked after the main accused, Tinkoo, broke down during the course of interrogation on Monday. The entire plan was orchestrated by them to fulfil their desire to buy a car using the ransom money,” he added.Both the accused have been sent to jail, said police.A case under sections 363 (kidnapping) 364A (kidnapping for ransom) 302 (murder) and 201 (giving false information to screen offender) was lodged against the accused at the Bithri Chainpur police station.

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