Six-year-old killed in Delhi, 2 held

New Delhi, Oct 2 A six-year-old boy was killed by two men in Delhi's Lodhi Colony.

A senior police official said that both the accused, identified as Vijay and Amar, have been arrested.

The arrested told the police that they had a dream in which God Shankar told them to slit the throat of a child, post which they committed the crime on Saturday night.

"The deceased's father works as labourer at a construction site near CRPF Headquarters building. The accused also work with his father. Both had no personal enmity with the deceased or his family. They were alcoholic. . We have arrested them for murder," the police said.

The body was of the deceased was handed over to the family after conducting post-mortem.

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