Bengaluru, May 9 -- A 35-year-old man has been arrested for kidnapping and murdering an eight-year-old boy in Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara, police said on Thursday.

"The incident took place on May 6 when the accused, B Mattur, was returning home under the influence of alcohol and found the child, M Ramananda, alone. The boy's mother was away at work. Mattur assaulted and strangled the boy, placed the body in a bag, and later disposed of it near Rayasandra Lake," said Sarah Fathima, deputy commissioner of police, South East Division.

She further said that both families were originally from Bihar and had settled in Bengaluru for work.

"A missing person report was filed by the boy's family on the same evening when the boy did not return...