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The victim, Rehan, lived a life far removed from the fantasy of crores allegedly being discussed by his killers. Police say some of the accused already knew him and had befriended him. The murder itself first surfaced without a victim’s name. There were sharp-edged weapon injuries on the abdomen and legs, and the post-mortem examination indicated homicide. The police registered a murder case against unidentified persons, but investigators faced an immediate hurdle: they did not know who had been killed. Police teams circulated photographs of the victim on social media, approached residents and conducted door-to-door inquiries in an attempt to establish his identity. When those efforts initially failed, the unidentified body was buried. She identified the body as Rehan, including with the help of a distinctive tattoo on his hand.
Because the group had allegedly been told they needed a boy above 15 years of age, investigators believe he was eventually chosen. His father had died, his mother worked as a cleaner at a public toilet, and the 17-year-old helped support his family by selling pens and keychains around Iqbal Maidan and Moti Masjid. On August 10, a decomposed body was recovered from the Dhobighat area of Chhota Talab. Five days later, on August 15, a woman approached police while looking for her missing son.
