The Kashimira police have arrested a hairstylist and a motor mechanic on the charges of kidnapping and killing a 13-year-old boy. Police sources said the two also demanded Rs 25 lakh from the child’s mother, who earns a living by singing at restaurants and bars.

Sources said Afzal Ansari, one of the suspects, knew the boy, Mayank Thakur, and he roped in a friend, Imran Shaikh, to commit the crime. On July 30, Ansari asked Mayank to meet him saying he would give him a new mobile phone. Earlier, the boy had told him that he only had a SIM card. Ansari asked him to carry it.