INDORE: A six-year-old boy from Banganga area helped police to solve murder of a 55-year-old person identfied as Narendra Mishra on December 15, 2013. The boy, grandson of the accused, narrated the murder incident to police that led to the arrest of two accused.

Mishra, a history-sheeter, had allegedly sodomized and killed a small boy in MIG area of in 1988. Accused in at least 26 criminal cases lodged at MIG, Tukoganj and Aerodrome police stations of the city, Mishra was found dead in an agricultural field in Mukherjee Nagar locality of Banganga area on December 16, 2013.

Fifty days after the murder, Banganga police cracked the case by arresting two persons, Manoj alias Maniya Pal, 50, and his aide Rameshwar alias Pappu, 35 on Wednesday.

Importantly, case was cracked and accused arrested with help of a six-year-old boy, grandson of Maniya's brother Ramchandra.

According to superintendent of police (Indore East) OP Tripathi, solving murder would have been difficult, had the minor not helped police by giving graphical detail of killing perpetrated by his grandfather's brother Maniya, whom he termed as 'Jail Wale Dada' owing to his frequent stints in the jail. Maniya is accused in about 33 cases.

While a reward of Rs 5,000 was announced by SP-East to police team led by Banganga police station in charge Yogesh Singh Tomar for cracking the crime, it remains to be seen what incentive will be given to the minor who helped arrest of his relative.

Detailing about the crime, the SP East informed that Maniya and Narendra Mishra became friends while being lodged at Indore Central Jail in separate murder cases two years ago. While, Narendra was released on bail from 8 months ago, Maniya was released a few months after that.

"Both former jail mates met again in Omkareshwar-Khandwa two days before the killing, when Maniya invited Narendra to stay with him in his hut at Mukherjee Nagar area, where former also owned an agricultural land. Narendra agreed to the offer and the duo had a bash in the same hut on the night of December 15," Tripathi added.

Narendra, Maniya, Rameshwar and other friends consumed liquor along with non-veg, but just after the party was over Narendra complained about bad taste of red meat prepared and started abusing Maniya and Rameshwar. Unable to bear the invectives, both Maniya and Rameshwar attacked Narendra with sticks that led to his death, the SP added.

The minor who was present at the spot narrated to police team, entire episode. The accused were arrested on Wednesday.