The search for the 14-year-old boy, apparently kidnapped on Thursday, ended in a most heart-rending way when his body was found off Amravati Road about 24 hours later on Friday.
However, the mystery about his disappearance and apparent murder persists. Victim Swanand Dhume, the only son of an Ayurvedic doctor, was reported abducted by an unidentified person in a white Maruti van on Thursday evening.
Swanand, a ninth standard student of Somalwar High School, Khamla branch, had gone to Gandhi Nagar-based Mahesh Tutorials for his mathematics and science tuition on Friday as usual. Family had started worrying as Swanand did not return to their Atrey Layout home till late on Thursday night. After a brief search in the city, the family approached Ambazari police.
An eye-witness had stated that Swanand had stepped into a car on his own after spotting a familiar person waving to him from inside the four-wheeler. Family members found Swanand's bicycle outside the premises of the tutorials.
His father Dr M B Dhume, his eyes moist and still hoping for the best, said that Swanand had requested his mother to allow him to take her mobile. "We have no idea whom he had met or whether he had planned the meeting. He was normal when he went," said Dr Dhume.
His father said Swanand neither had a very big friends' circle nor was addicted to anything. "Driving four-wheelers was his passion. He used to drive quite well," he recalled. He said it was very unlikely that he was late and did not inform the family.
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