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Gadgets and technology have made a 14 year old so crazy for them that he even killed his best friend`s 10 year sister to get his iPod.
Arka Das alias Riju is a 14-year-old schoolboy of Suri in West Bengal. He was so obsessed with electronic gadgets that he could not resist his greed to get the iPod from his friend at the cost of murdering his sister.
He first tried to deceive neighbours and police but finally admitted to thumping 10-year-old Siuli Dalui in the face and throwing her 40 feet down a canal embankment. But, when he saw the girl was still alive, he gagged her, smashed her head with a stone and hid her body behind a hedge, police said.
The incident showed the craze of today`s youths about the gadgets. Arka was a Class VIII student and was unmoved during interrogation. He calmly confessed to killing the girl `because she would not give him the gadget`.
Arka saw the iPod the day Sagar bought it two weeks ago. Arka and Sagar were classmates at a secondary school in Suri till Arka failed in Class VIII. They lived in the same locality, Laldighipara and their families were close to each other for years.
A neighbour alleged that the boy was mad about gadgets and watches and had been caught stealing mobile phones several times. But he was spared due to his young age.
Sagar trusted Arka and so showed him the iPod because he knew how to load music and pictures. Sagar said, "We`ve been friends since I can recall. Last week I gave the gadget for repairs. Arka knew about it and went there with a forged letter, posing as my brother. He told the shopkeeper to hand it to him but the shopkeeper was not convinced and refused."
Arka then planned to get the iPod in some other way, police said. He went to Sagar`s house on Sunday afternoon when he was not there and asked Siuli, a Class II student to bring the iPod. She refused initially but agreed when Arka said he would take her pictures on the gadget.
Arka took Siuli to Tilpara near the Mayurakshi dam saying it would offer the best setting for photos. Reaching there, he tried to snatch the gadget. When Siuli resisted, he killed her, hid the body and calmly cycled home.
Siuli`s mother came to enquire about her after some time but Arka said he knew nothing.
When Siuli was still missing till evening, fear turned to panic. Under sustained questioning, Arka admitted to the crime but he tried to confuse police and took them around Suri town. Finally, he revealed the body was at Tilpara. Police retrieved the body around 2.30 am on Monday and arrested Arka. There were deep injuries on Siuli`s face.
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Posted On : 20 Aug 08
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