Updated On: 26 February, 2024 09:51 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
An 8-year-old boy was sexually abused and murdered allegedly by a man who lured him with a `vada pav` in Pimpri Chinchwad area of Pune

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An 8-year-old boy was sexually abused and murdered allegedly by a man who lured him with a `vada pav` in Pimpri Chinchwad area of Pune.
A police official said that the boy had gone missing on Saturday from near his home in a chawl and CCTV footage showed he was abducted by a man who was later identified as 28-year-old Pawan Pandey, newswire PTI reported. "Pandey was arrested on Sunday. He has confessed he sexually assaulted the boy before strangling him and dumping the body in Bavdhan area," the official said.