Mumbai: Evicted, 2 kill ex-landlord’s 5-year-old son

MUMBAI: Two men have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and murdering their former landlord’s five-year-old son, Shailesh Kumar.
The accused—Jangilal Harijan (22) and Mohammed Imran (24)—told the police that they wanted to teach the boy’s father, Tajeshwar, a lesson as last month. he had humiliated them for defaulting on rent payment and forced them to vacate his room in Kailash Chawl, Maneechapada, in Vasai (E).
On December 3, Shailesh went missing and a a kidnapping case was registered with Valiv police..Three days later, the police were informed about foul smell emanating from a locked room in Richard Compound. They broke open the room and found the boy’s partly decomposed body.
As Tajeshwar had not received a ransom call, inspector Vilas Chougule said, they concluded that the murder could be a fallout of personal enmity. On learning about the duo’s eviction, the police traced Harijan to Nalasopara and Imran to Mahim and arrested them.