India, March 9 -- Two men raped and murdered a 13-year-old boy in Kanpur earlier this month because their partners refused to have sex with them due to Ramzan.

The victim was on his way to a local gym when the accused accosted him.

The accused, Azhar and Hussaini, kidnapped him, took him to a forest and sodomised him after tying him up with a rope, reported India Today. HT can't independently verify the report.

The accused allegedly raped him and later strangled him with a rope before throwing his body into a well.

The police have arrested Hussaini. The other man is absconding.

He told the police that their partners refused to have sex with them because of religious commitments.

"My girlfriend and Ajju's (Azhar's) wife refused to ha...