Teen Detained After Allegedly Chopping Up 9-Year-Old Boy, Eating Flesh, and Drinking Blood

A teen was detained after allegedly killing a 9-year-old boy, chopping up the body, eating the flesh, and drinking the blood.

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A teenager was detained in Ludhiana for allegedly killing a 9-year-old before chopping up the body, consuming the flesh, and drinking the blood. The 16-year-old suspect was seen on CCTV footage with the victim prior to his disappearance, Elite Dailyreported Monday after spotting a Times of Indiaarticle on the allegedly gruesome murder. That footage, police claim, may have helped them crack the case.

"This is a case of cannibalism as the boy craves for human flesh," Bhupinder Singh, deputy commissioner of police, said of the alleged killing. "He told us that he would often want to eat raw chicken. At times he even craved to eat his own limbs." The accused told police that he offered to accompany the victim, Deepu Kumar, to his home Monday afternoon "on the pretext of giving him some kite string."

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Deepu was then allegedly strangled by the accused before being cut into pieces using a "sharp gardening tool" inside the bathroom. The resulting body parts were then transported via bicycle by the accused, who allegedly dumped them. The victim's heart, according to the Times, was extracted and placed on school grounds before later being found by police near a water tank. His beheaded body was found "in a vacant plot" the next day.

Both the 16-year-old suspect and the 9-year-old victim come from migrant laborer families in the Dugri area, the Timesadded. After the alleged murder, the accused reportedly "came home and behaved normally." In fact, he reportedly cooked food for his father upon arrival. Once detained by local authorities, he reportedly confessed to both the killing and the consumption of the victim's flesh.

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