New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) A 22-year-old man was arrested for drugging, sodomising and killing a minor boy in east Delhi, police said Wednesday.

Ravi, involved in many petty crimes, was arrested from Usmanpur for killing a 15-year-old boy, police said.

Police said that the parents of the minor boy registered a complaint Sep 16 stating that their son did not return after he went to market a day ago.

During investigation, police found that he was last seen with Ravi, a local resident.

Ravi took the minor to a nearby jungle and offered him a drink with sedative. ‘He then sodomised the boy and strangled him and hid the dead body near a small water body,’ police said.