Kota, May 27 -- A 10-year-old boy's mutilated body was recovered from the bushes near Railway Colony police station area in Rajasthan's Kota district late on Tuesday night, police said.

Police said the child's body with severed head was found near the railway workshop area with injury marks on the head.

Station House Officer (SHO) of Railway Colony police station Ram Swaroop Meena said a missing complaint was registered on Monday after the boy's father, Amar Singh, informed police that his son had gone out to play but never returned home.

Police launched a search operation and started examining CCTV footage from nearby areas. Investigators found that a 15-year-old boy, reportedly the victim's friend, was with him shortly before he went...