<p>Thane: A tailor was arrested on Monday for allegedly kidnapping a nine-year-old boy for ransom of Rs 23 lakh with which he wanted to build a house and murdering him in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said.</p>.<p>The boy, identified as Ibadat, went missing when he was returning from a mosque in Goregaon village where he had gone for evening prayers on Sunday.</p>.<p>Prima facie, the accused is known to the victim. He probably lured the victim to accompany him under some pretext, a Badlapur police station official said.</p>.Double murder shifts focus to law and order in Budaun.<p>Police are investigating the exact circumstances under which the boy was kidnapped.</p>.<p>"The kidnapper called up the family of the boy and demanded Rs 23 lakh for releasing him. He told them that he wanted money to build a house. Strangely, he disconnected the call abruptly," the official said.</p>.<p>Police launched a search for the boy after receiving the complaint on Sunday but failed to trace him or the kidnapper.</p>.<p>"On Monday afternoon, Ibadat's body was found stuffed in a sack hidden in the home of a villager," the official said.</p>.<p>However, it is not clear whether the arrested accused was the same villager or someone else.</p>.<p>Police have registered an FIR under section 364 (Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), said Badlapur police station assistant inspector Govind Patil.</p>.<p>He said the accused is a tailor from the same locality of Goregaon village in Badalpur of Thane district. </p>
<p>Thane: A tailor was arrested on Monday for allegedly kidnapping a nine-year-old boy for ransom of Rs 23 lakh with which he wanted to build a house and murdering him in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said.</p>.<p>The boy, identified as Ibadat, went missing when he was returning from a mosque in Goregaon village where he had gone for evening prayers on Sunday.</p>.<p>Prima facie, the accused is known to the victim. He probably lured the victim to accompany him under some pretext, a Badlapur police station official said.</p>.Double murder shifts focus to law and order in Budaun.<p>Police are investigating the exact circumstances under which the boy was kidnapped.</p>.<p>"The kidnapper called up the family of the boy and demanded Rs 23 lakh for releasing him. He told them that he wanted money to build a house. Strangely, he disconnected the call abruptly," the official said.</p>.<p>Police launched a search for the boy after receiving the complaint on Sunday but failed to trace him or the kidnapper.</p>.<p>"On Monday afternoon, Ibadat's body was found stuffed in a sack hidden in the home of a villager," the official said.</p>.<p>However, it is not clear whether the arrested accused was the same villager or someone else.</p>.<p>Police have registered an FIR under section 364 (Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), said Badlapur police station assistant inspector Govind Patil.</p>.<p>He said the accused is a tailor from the same locality of Goregaon village in Badalpur of Thane district. </p>