Kanpur, March 7 -- A teenager was kidnapped for a ransom of Rs.10 lakh and later murdered by his four teenage friends in Makanpur village here. The accused, detained on Thursday, confessed to the crime. They told the police that they planned the kidnapping after watching videos on a social media site. However, after the victim's family approached the police, the accused murdered the boy and dumped his body in a well. The accused are all aged 14 years.

The body of 13-year-old boy was recovered from a well near the Lucknow-Agra Expressway on Thursday. He was last seen Wednesday evening, according to Amarnath Yadav, ACP Bilhaur.

"When the boy did not return home until late at night, his father, a property dealer, searched for him and reach...