Sources claim that the accused, after killing the minor chopped his body into 6 pieces and fed on it. He later returned home and behaved quite normally, even going ahead and cooking his father a meal as his mother along with his brother were away in Chandigarh.
Later, in the CCTV footage, Deepu is identified with the teenager, the accused was detained by the police. He confessed to feeding on the victim’s body after killing him.
Ludhiana(Punjab): 16 year old boy murders 9 year old minor,chops his body into pieces. He has been detained by Police pic.twitter.com/I0Bc9v4Jv1
— ANI (@ANI) January 21, 2017
“This is a case of cannibalism as the boy craves for human flesh. He told us that he would often want to eat raw chicken. At times he even craved to eat his own limbs” said the Deputy Commissioner Bhupinder Singh.