Teen kills 9-year-old, eats his flesh & drinks his blood

LUDHIANA: Ludhiana police detained a 16-year old boy for killing a nine year old, chopping his body into six pieces, eating the flesh and drinking the blood of the victim. Deepu Kumar was reported missing for a day before his beheaded body was found dumped in a vacant plot in Dugri area. Both the accused and the victim are children of migrant labourers and live in the same lane. Police officials said that after killing the boy, the teen came home and behaved normally. It was during questioning that he confessed to committing the crime and also eating the boy's flesh. "This is a case of cannibalism as the boy craves for human flesh. In fact, he said he sometimes craved to eat up his own limbs," said Deputy Commissioner of Police, Bhupinder Singh. The boy was taken for medical and psychological examination.