In a shocking case that has come up, a skeleton of a four-year-old boy who was missing for the past 18 months has been found inside a wooden box lying on the terrace of a house in Garima Garden area of Sahibabad in Ghaziabad. According to a report on PTI, the child Mohammad Zaid went missing from his house, and few days later his father got a ransom call, demanding Rs 8 lakh for the release of his son.

Reportedly, two people were arrested for their involvement in making the call, but the little boy couldn't be traced. It was only recently, that some children who were playing on the streets, went to the terrace in search of their missing call and they noticed a skeleton lying on the roof of the other terrace.

The children informed the locals, and Zaid's father reached the spot and identified his son by his clothes. The skeleton has been sent for autopsy and DNA test.

(With inputs from PTI)

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