India, April 4 -- The Chunabhatti police have arrested a 20-year-old man for allegedly raping and killing a seven-year-old boy. Police said the accused spotted the boy loitering near Kurla East railway station and lured him with chocolates and other edibles. He then took the boy to an isolated spot near a graveyard, where he raped the child and killed him when he started screaming.

The accused, Mohammad Salman Alam Anath-ul-Haq, lives in Bhiwandi and works in a godown. He was in Kurla to meet a friend, said a police officer.

The incident occurred on Tuesday evening after locals spotted the body of the seven-year-old and informed the police. On receiving the post-mortem report, the Chunabhatti police registered a First Information Report...