Mumbai Police on Tuesday recovered the skull of a 12-year-old boy whose headless body was found in mangroves in Wadala area nearly 35 days after he went missing, an official said.
Police were informed on Monday that a headless body was lying in mangroves in the Wadala creek area, the official added. A day before Sandeep’s headless body was found. “Sikari was thrashed and was subsequently taken to Wadala Truck Terminus police station. Meanwhile, police registered a case of kidnapping and continued the search for the boy.
The boy, identified as Sandeep Yadav, had been missing since January 28 after he went out with one Bipul Sikari, also a resident of Wadala. During a search on Tuesday, police found the skull lying 15-20 feet away from the spot where the corpse was found earlier.
Police said when Sandeep’s father Bechai Yadav and others had confronted Sikari, he had told them that he handed over the boy to a transgender person. A cop told him to wash the blood but Sikari fled taking advantage of the circumstances,” the official said.
