JHANSI/KANPUR, Jan. 23 -- A 13-year-old son of a cloth merchant, who was abducted in Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot district for ransom by two accused on Thursday evening, was allegedly killed later in the night after the ransom was not paid, police said on Friday. His body was found stuffed in a suitcase and buried in the vicinity of his house.

One of the two accused, who once were the tenants of the cloth merchant and were turned out in August last due to their dubious character, was killed and the other injured in a police encounter. Thousands of people from the area resorted to agitation while blocking the national highway.

Arun Kumar Singh, superintendent of police, Chitrakoot, said the incident took place in the Bargarh police station...