An eight-year-old boy was found dead in a drain in Hyderabad's Sanath Nagar area. The police suspect the boy, Abdul Wahid, was kidnapped and strangled to death, and his body was thrown in the drain.
The police arrested a transgender person, Imran, with the help of surveillance footage. In the video, the accused is seen carrying the body which was stuffed in a sack.
Imran reportedly strangled the boy and forced his head inside a bucket to kill him after the boy went to deliver an ORS solution that Imran had asked for.
Locals suspect it is a case of human sacrifice and have alleged that occult practices used to take place at the accused's home.
The police however suspect a financial dispute between the accused and the boy's father may have led to the murder.
The police have said they will probe the human sacrifice angle as well.
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