Teen Addicted To Porn Rapes And Strangles 10-Year-Old Neighbor, Hangs Body In Bamboo

A teenage boy in Chhattisgarh, India, raped and killed his 10-year-old neighbor after watching porn for hours, police said Tuesday.

The incident occurred Saturday in the victim's home, located in a village around 90 kilometers (55.9 miles) away from the state capital of Raipur, the Times of India reported.

The boy, 17, allegedly sneaked into his neighbor's residence from the terrace while the latter's parents were at work before raping and strangling the victim with her light shawl.

He then fled from the scene through the terrace after hanging the girl on a bamboo rod and placing a chair next to the body to make the killing look like a suicide or an accidental hanging, said investigators.

But an initial probe found that the victim had been sexually assaulted, and the scene had been staged.

The teen was brought in for questioning after several residents pointed to him as a suspect, and he admitted to the crime.

He also reportedly admitted to being "addicted to porn."

"The accused told the police he was addicted to watching obscene videos on his mobile phone and after watching porn, he barged into the victim's house and sexually assaulted her," Kotwali station house officer Amber Singh Bhardwaj was quoted as saying by NDTV.

The teen allegedly killed the girl after raping her because he feared she would have named him to the police, according to sources.

A case has been registered against the teen under sections 201 (causing the disappearance of evidence), 302 (murder), 376 (rape), 376 AB (rape on a woman under 12 years of age) and 450 (house trespass) of the Indian Penal Code as well as relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Bhardwaj said.

The accused was brought before a court, which sent him to a juvenile home in the district of Durg, according to officials.

In a similar story, a man in India's Madhya Pradesh state who was addicted to watching horror shows and black magic-related videos on the internet allegedly killed his elderly mother and insisted the deceased was a witch possessed by an evil spirit.

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