5-Year-Old Found Dead In Neighbour's House, Mob Sets It On Fire: Bengal Cops

The body was found in a plastic bag at the roof of her house after locals informed the police of a foul smell.

A five-year-old boy was found dead at the house of his neighbour in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Tuesday, following which a mob ransacked the house and set it on fire, police said.

The boy went missing on Sunday from Moldanga village in Santiniketan police station area, they said.

Ever since the child went missing, the village was on the edge.

Police said they had questioned the accused woman, from whose house the body was found, on Monday as well.