Bacha bazi isn’t new. Hundreds of years ago, it started as something different—boys dancing at gatherings, a form of entertainment in a world where women couldn’t perform publicly.

Justice Varma has not yet offered any explanation about the recovered money. According to news agency PTI, he did not hold court today.

They attacked him with an iron rod, striking him hard enough to knock him out. But they didn’t stop there—they then strangled him with a rope, ensuring he wouldn’t survive.

The handler's contact, Mr Choudhary said, had been saved in Ravindra Kumar's phone under the name 'Chandan Store Keeper 2'.

Reports say he was born through IVF after marriage of seven years. Alka, the same woman now accused of killing him, had wanted a son so badly that she prayed for him every day.