15-year-old rickshaw driver killed, body dumped in forest, 2 arrested

A 15-year-old boy, who drove an e-rickshaw as his livelihood, was brutally murdered allegedly by two people in the forested area near Kalindi Kunj, with the intention of robbing him of his vehicle.

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The two accused, Sahil Ansari (20) and Afsar Ali (27), after murdering the victim, identified as Gulzar, dumped his body in the forest and later sold his e-rickshaw in Noida, the police said. The victim's body was recovered three days after he was hacked to death, they added.

The incident came to light on February 27 when the mother of the deceased, filed a complaint at the Jamia Nagar police station, reporting that her son Gulzar, who had left the house with his e-riksha at around 7pm on February 24, had not returned.