Ten-year-old boy burnt alive in New Delhi

A 10-year-old boy was burnt alive in Alipur on the outskirts of New Delhi on Thursday night.

The incident took place at a wedding procession, where a car reportedly hit the boy’s bicycle.



Eyewitness reports say the boy, Sanjeev, was beaten up, when he asked for compensation. He was then dragged to a field where he was set on fire in a stack of hay.

According to the local people the men, who beat up and burnt Sanjeev, had come to Alipur from Meerut to attend a marriage function.



"The boy was playing in the vicinity of his house until 7:30 in the evening. He then went out on his bicycle. After a while we learnt that he'd met with an accident. We came looking for him but couldn't find him anywhere. We have still not been able to trace his bicycle. After a while we heard of a fire around and went to check it out. All we could see were the feet of the boy," Om Veer, Sanjeev's uncle, said.

Only a charred foot was all that was left to identify Sanjeev.

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