An eight-year-old boy was found dead in the Chikhali area of Pimpri Chinchwad city in the Pune district of Maharashtra, hours after he went missing, police said.

The boy, the son of a grocer, went missing on Sunday afternoon. His body was found with a head injury caused by a hard object in the evening, an official said. "The boy's father lodged a complaint with the police stating that his son went missing on Sunday afternoon.