JAIPUR:A week ago Aditya’s mother was selected for a government job; a much-awaited respite for a family that was battling poverty for far too long. But her world came crashing down on Friday when Aditya was brutally killed by a 28-year-old youth.Aditya was found dead with his throat slit, he was wearing same pink kurta-payjama which her mother had brought for him from Alwar. Outside the crime scene, the signs of a kid’s last moments were hard to miss for everyone.His small sandals and toys neatly placed outside his room. “He was a happy kid. I can’t bring myself to imagine why that person killed him,” said Devrat Sharma, guardian of the temple where Aditya lived with his maternal uncle.Until Morning, the house was filled with hopes and dreams of a new life. A government job offered a whole new prospect for the entire family.A native of Alwar district , his father is a daily wage laborer. Her mother lost her leg several years ago, and had been applying for government jobs for a long time. It was a few days ago when she was selected in the list. “The family decided to shift to Jaipur. Three days ago his mother Pinky joined her duty at the municipal corporation,” said Ghyasi Lal, Pinky’s uncle.Aditya’s wrapped up body was brought out from the hospital mortuary. His uncle Shravan gave a long blank look at his nephew. The despair in the house was accentuated by slow sobbing of Aditya’s younger sister who stood petrified in the corner of the room, clutching her t-shirt. “His sister is 3–years-old. They were playing on the roof since morning. But she had gone to a nearby a temple with her grandmother,” said Shravan said, adding that he had gone to his office when somebody broke the news to him.Sharavan lived with his wife Sarita at a two room house above Arya Samaj temple in Saket Colony in Adarsh Nagar.Accused’s father shocked:Jaipur: Barely 50 meters away from the house where Aditya was murdered, 65-year-old Hansraj sat at a rickety chair of Adarsh Nagar police station. Hansraj’s son Ashley Lawrence alias Ashish has been accused of Aditya’s brutal murder The grisly act of his son put Hansarj in the middle of a dozen menacing glares. “I don’t know why he did what he did. He must be mentally unstable,” he said with folded hands.Speaking to TOI, Hansraj said that his son had escaped from the hospital otherwise he could have stopped him. “Mar diya isne ek bacche ko, kisko kya muh dikhao abb (He (Ashley) has killed a child, how will I show my face to anyone now,)” he told a relative while speaking over phone inside the police station.A resident of Haryana, he said that he had come to hospital on Friday morning. “After he escaped I looked around in my car, and had almost left for Rewari when I decided to lodge a complaint at Adarsh Nagar. When I came here, they told me about his actions,,” he said.

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