The Waliv police have recovered the body of a five-year-old boy, who went missing from his Vasai residence on December 3, from a vacant house in the neighbourhood. An autopsy has revealed that he was strangulated to death.

The deceased has been identified as Shailesh Tajeshwar Kumar, a resident of Kailash chawl in Vasai East. According to the police, the day Shailesh went missing, his parents searched for him till late in the night, but when they could not find him, they approached the Waliv police station and filed a complaint. The cops registered a kidnapping case against an unknown person and started the investigation.