KANPUR: A man accused in a molestation case, out on bail, killed the victim’s minor brother in revenge and to teach her a lesson. On Saturday morning, police received a call from villagers about the body of a 10-year-old boy lying in fields in Sajeti police area of Kanpur district Police arrested the 23-year-old molestation case accused and his childhood friend. “Last year, Sarvesh Nishad was arrested on molestation charge. After he was released on bail, he decided to kill the victim girl’s minor brother in revenge,” police said.According to investigators, Sarvesh and his friend Anil abducted the minor boy on Friday. They strangled him to death and dumped his body in the fields on village outskirts.Circle Officer Shailendra Singh said that Sarvesh and his friend Anil confessed to the crime and have been sent to jail. “We registered an FIR in the murder incident and set up teams under the supervision of SHO Sajeti to investigate the case,” the CO added. When the police interrogated the boy’s family members, they found that the elder sister of the deceased had filed a molestation case against Sarvesh. Since then, Sarvesh’s family members had been threatening and exerting pressure on the girl and her family members to withdraw the case filed against him.During interrogation, Sarvesh initially tried to mislead the investigators but broke down following sustained grilling, and confessed to his involvement in the crime. He told police that the girl was not ready to retract her accusations despite pressure to withdraw the case.

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