Latest News | Minor's Murder: Noida Police Shunts SHO, Seeks Reply from ACP

Noida, May 6 (PTI) The in-charge of a police station in Greater Noida has been shunted in the wake of the murder of a businessman's minor son in the area, officials said on Monday.

A departmental inquiry has also been initiated in the case and an explanation sought from the assistant commissioner of police of the area, they said.

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The body of Kunal Sharma (14) was found along a canal in Bulandshahr on Sunday, four days after he went missing on May 1 from the Beta 2 police station area in Greater Noida.

"A departmental inquiry has been ordered by Police Commissioner Laxmi Singh in relation to the incident that took place under Police Station Beta 2 area. The in-charge of the police station has been transferred to reserve lines," a police spokesperson said.

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"The inquiry would be conducted by the assistant commissioner of police (police lines). An explanation has also been sought from the ACP (Greater Noida-1) in whose area the incident took place," the official said.

Sharma's father Krishna Kumar Sharma, who runs 'Shiva Da Dhaba', lodged a missing person's complaint at the local Beta 2 police station on May 1 after a woman came to the eatery and called his son.

The police lodged an FIR under IPC section 363 (missing person) against unidentified person the same night and launched an investigation.

A CCTV footage also surfaced on social media that purportedly showed the boy walking to a car and sitting inside it without any person physically forcing him to do so.

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