India, Sept. 27 -- A five-year-old boy was killed by a man inside his own home in Madhya Pradesh on Friday. The victim was beheaded in front of his mother by a man who was not known to them, NDTV reported.

The accused, Mahesh (25), was a resident of Jobat Bagdi in Alirajpur district. He reached the home, registered in Kalu Singh's name, on a two-wheeler and barged into the residence, eyewitnesses said. They added that the family had not seen the man before.

After entering the house, Mahesh, without saying a word to the residents, picked up a sharp spade-like tool kept in the house and attacked the child. He severed the five-year-old's neck from his torso and, following this, struck his shoulder, thus leaving the body mutilated.

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