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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nMEERUT: A seven-year-old boy who had gone missing from Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district was found dead, and a man known to the child’s mother has been arrested in connection with the murder, police said on Wednesday.According to Superintendent of Police (Rural) Abhijeet Kumar, the boy was reported missing from the Bahsuma police station area on Tuesday, according to news agency PTI. Following the complaint, four police teams were formed to trace the child.During the investigation, police detained a man identified as Arpit Sharma. During questioning, he allegedly confessed to the crime, after which the child’s body was recovered from a field based on information provided by him, the officer said.Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused was allegedly in a relationship with the boy’s mother and that the child had become aware of it, police said.Officials said the accused had taken the child from his house before allegedly killing him. Police added that no evidence of kidnapping has surfaced so far during the investigation.Investigators are examining the accused’s mobile phone and gathering other evidence to establish the motive and sequence of events.Legal proceedings are underway at the Bahsuma police station, officials said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n