New Delhi, Nov 24: In a gruesome murder, a teenager stabbed a 17-year-old boy at least 60 times, tried to slice through his neck, kicked his head, and dragged his blood-soaked body around a narrow bylane in Welcome neighbourhood in northeast Delhi. After this, he was seen dancing next to the body in extremely disturbing security footage.

 

The motivation for the murder, allegedly, was to steal money of Rs 350 to eat biryani. The accused first strangled the victim, rendering him unconscious, before stabbing him multiple times.

 

According to the CCTV footage, the teen attacker dragged a body out onto a narrow alleyway. He is seen stabbing the victim in the neck repeatedly to make sure he was dead. He goes on to kick the head a few times. Then he stands over the lifeless body and begins to dance, the macabre act caught on camera.

 

Local residents later took the boy to GTB Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival. This CCTV footage helped police identify and apprehend the suspect.

 

 

Joy Tirkey, deputy commissioner of police (north-east), said the two boys weren’t previously acquainted. “They ran into each other in Janta Mazdoor Colony. When the victim refused to give the ₹350 he had on him, the suspect tried to rob him,” he said.

 

“He then choked the 17-year-old. When the victim collapsed, the boy stabbed him multiple times, left him to die and fled with the Rs 350 cash,” added Tirkey. The boy stabbed him around 60 times, he said.

 

The officer also confirmed that some residents tried to intervene, but were scared away by the victim. “The boy was drunk during the attack”, Tirkey said.

 

Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) member Ranjana Prasad said the panel will intervene in the case and look to counsel the suspect. “The child may not have had an education or a healthy environment at home. He may also have been exposed to violence while growing up...” said Prasad.