A 13-year-old schoolboy was allegedly brutally murdered hours after being kidnapped while he was returning home from tuition classes in Hulimavu, on Thursday.
The police found the charred body of the boy at an isolated place in Bannerghatta and suspect that the accused strangled him to death before setting his body on fire.
The victim, identified as Nischith, had left home on Wednesday evening to attend tuition classes, but never returned.
His anxious father, an assistant professor at a private college and resident of Arakere, called the tuition centre to be informed that the boy left the tuition to go home.
The parents called relatives and friends to check on Nischith. After searching for a few hours, they found his bicycle abandoned near a park and alerted the police that their son was missing.
