Sitapur, Dec. 11 -- The body of an eight-year-old boy who had been missing for the past two days was recovered from a well on Wednesday in the Thangaon police station area of Sitapur district.

Police reached the spot after receiving information, took the body into custody, and sent it for post-mortem examination. An investigation has been initiated.

According to Thangaon Station House Officer (SHO) Vimal Gautam, the body of Aditya, also known as Ativ (8), a resident of Chandauli village, was found in a well near the village.

The child had gone missing on Sunday afternoon while playing outside his house. When he did not return and no trace of him was found despite extensive searches, his father, Suresh Nishad, lodged a missing person repo...