New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- A 26-year-old driver allegedly kidnapped his employer's five-year-old son, killed him in his rented room using a knife and a brick, and fled the scene in Narela, outer Delhi, on Tuesday afternoon, police said.

Deputy commissioner of police (outer-north) Hareshwar V Swami said the Narela Industrial Area police station received a call around 3.30pm reporting that the boy was missing and he was later found motionless in a locked room, where the driver, Nitu (single name), lived.

Officers reached the spot and found the child lying unconscious. "The lock was broken and the boy was found lying unconscious and bleeding from his head and neck. A knife and a brick were found at the scene. The boy was rushed to a nearby gove...