MORADABAD: A boy, who was 12 when he saw his father’s murder by a family friend, said he avenged the crime when on reaching 24 he made his hit and killed the alleged murderer, cutting him into 12 pieces, one each for the years of wait. He spoke to the media after that and later, when he was arrested by the police, acknowledged his crime.

Superintendent of police (city) Ram Suresh Yadav said on Monday, “The accused has confessed to his crime and all the articles used in the murder, including the deceased’s mobile phone and a SIM card, have been recovered. The accused will be produced before the magistrate and sent to jail.”

With a smile on his face, the accused, 24-year-old Alam Khan, told reporters outside Mughapura police station that he waited for 12 years to "realize his dream and was happy about it".

On December 16, people were shocked to find scattered pieces of a human body on the banks of the Ramganga. Police were subsequently informed. However, since the head was missing, the victim could not be identified on the spot. Later, Ameer Hussain, a local resident, identified the body to be that of Mohammad Rais, his brother, on the basis of stitch marks on the chest.

Hussain told cops that his brother had last gone to one Alam Khan’s house for some repair work and never returned. Later, police raided Khan’s house, arrested him and booked him under IPC’s sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence). Cops also recovered murder weapons — a knife, hammer, saw and a waist belt, which he used in chopping the body into 12 parts. Police also arrested Shoaib Kalam, his accomplice in the crime.

Khan told reporters he called the victim to his house and made him drink liquor. “Afterwards, I played music on full volume as I killed him with a knife and then cut his body into 12 pieces. We then packed the body parts into polybags and disposed them in the river,” he said.