A 7-year-old Muslim boy named Shahzeb was found brutally murdered near his home, allegedly by his neighbours in the Sidhari town of UP's Azamgarh on Thursday.

The boy went missing on Wednesday after attending tuition classes and was reportedly last seen with one of the accused, identified as Shailendra Kumar Nigam, also known as Mantu.

According to police, the accused had taken the child on the pretext of an outing while he was playing on a swing from where he went missing.

A missing complaint was filed on Wednesday evening by the child's family at the Sidhari Police Station, and a case was registered under Section 137(2) BNS.

On Thursday morning, the boy's severely mutilated body was found stuffed inside a gunny bag and hanging from a neighbour's gate in Pathani Tola, according to pol

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