Sanitation workers cleaning a toilet on the Kushinagar Express were shocked to find the body of a seven-year-old boy stuffed inside the dustbin at 1 am on Saturday. The gruesome discovery was made while the train was at platform number 4 of Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) in Kurla. The Kurla Government Railway Police (GRP) are now on the hunt for the boy’s cousin, Vikas Saha, 26, who is suspected of kidnapping the child and strangling him on the train.

According to the police, Saha kidnapped the minor from Amroli in Surat, Gujarat, on Friday and brought him to Mumbai. He allegedly strangled the boy inside the bathroom of AC coach B2 and dumped the body before fleeing. Blood spatters were also found at the spot. The child’s body has since been moved to Rajawadi Hospital for autopsy. “His family has reached the hospital,” an official added. 

The boy’s family registered a missing case in Amroli on Friday