Boy kisses and bids good bye, never to return in Tirupati

He kissed his mother and said he will be back soon. Little did his mother know that would be his last kiss, and that he would never return.  

In a tragic turn of events, a 10-year old boy, from Jeevakonda of Chandragiri in Chittoor district was found murdered at Thondawada on Saturday morning. 

Previous evening, around  5.30 pm, Muralidhar Reddy, a Class V student, left to play with his friends. Before leaving he kissed his mother and said he will return in sometime. But when the boy did not return till 10:30 pm, his anxious father,  Muniratnam Reddy, lodged a missing complaint at Alipiri police station. Muniratnam Reddy works at the TTD chairman's office. 

On Saturday morning, some villagers found a half-burnt body on the outskirts of Thondawada and informed the police. The police identified the body as that of Murali, by the iron bangle (Kadda) on his wrist, and called his relatives. The Circumstantial evidence shows that the child was first mercilessly murdered and then burnt. 

Seeing the charred body of their son, the inconsolable parents collapsed on the ground. Murali's grandfather, said," He told his mother he will  be back in sometime, but now he has gone forever." 

Police have registered a case and investigations have started. 

-Siva@Sakshipost