11-year-old's body found in bed box at Inderpuri house

The body of an 11-year-old boy was found stuffed inside a bed box in their rented flat in west Delhi's Inderpuri by his mother on Thursday evening, the Delhi Police said on Friday, adding that the boy was allegedly strangled to death by a woman who wanted to marry his father.

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A case of murder was registered at the Inderpuri police station and multiple teams were formed to nab the suspect, police said.

Officers said that the suspect was identified as Pooja, 24, and is absconding. She is known to the boy's parents - Neelu Pal, 32, and Jitender Singh, 33 who are separated from each other. According to a senior officer aware of the case, Pooja was allegedly persuading Jitender to leave his family and marry her.

Deputy commissioner of police (west) Vichitra Veer said that on Thursday, around 8.30pm, they received information from a private hospital that a boy was admitted with strangulation marks.