Bodies of the twins of a businessman, who were abducted from a school bus from Madhya Pradesh, were found near a river located in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda area on Sunday.
Five-year-old twins of the businessman were abducted at a gunpoint from their school bus within their campus in Chitrakoot on February 12.
The abductors killed the boys even after receiving the ransom amount, the police said.
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The police has arrested six people in connection to the case.
“Main accused is Padam Shukla from Chitrakoot. Other accused are Ramkesh, Pinta Yadav, Rakesh Dwivedi, Alok Singh & Vikramjit Singh. The children were killed on February 21.”, said Rewa IG Chanchal Shekhar.
“Mastermind of the crime Padam Shukla’s younger brother Vishnukant is area-coordinator of Bajrang Dal,but he has no role in the case. A bike and a car were used in the crime, Ram Rajya was written in place of the no. plate on bike and there was a BJP flag on car”, he added.
“I pay my homage to the two children. It was an unfortunate incident. We had hoped that the govt & admn would take it seriously & rescue the children.This incident shook me”, said Former Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
Protests broke out in Chitrakoot after the incident and Section 144 (prohibits assembly of more than 4 people in an area) has been imposed in Madhya Pradesh district.
(With ANI inputs)