An 11-year-old boy was found dead in his home in Madhya Pradesh's Satna after being allegedly killed by a laundry man, who had disputes with his father.
The police discovered the body of the 11-year-old boy hidden inside a blue drum after breaking into the locked house in Bank Colony under Kolgawan police station limits.
According to officials, 45-year-old Mathura Rajak, who ran a laundry shop in the colony, is suspected of having killed the child by slitting his throat with a sickle.
The police are trying to locate Mathura, whose shop is closed, and his mobile remains switched off.
The incident occurred when the boy was alone at home, and his mother returned home to find the house locked from the outside and her son missing.
A family member told police that Mathura had issued threats after a dispute with the boy's father, Ramesh Rajak, who works in Maharashtra.
An FIR has been registered under section 103 (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhitha (BNS).
