India, Jan. 31 -- A 12-year-old boy was brutally murdered in northeast Delhi's Shastri Park area, allegedly by his stepfather, who then recorded videos of the child's body and sent them to the child's mother along with a confession and threats, police and family members said on Friday.

The disfigured body of the victim, a Class 7 student, was found in bushes near the Shastri Park Chowk early Friday morning with severe injuries to his head, face, and eyes, investigators said.

His mother alleged that the accused - her second husband - had picked the boy and his 15-year-old brother from their school on Thursday afternoon. In the evening, he picked up the 14-year-old from a nearby football game and killed him. The immediate trigger for the ...