Mock-Slashing Demon, Teen Playing Goddess Kali Accidentally Kills 11YO

A 14-year-old boy dressed up as goddess Kali slashed the neck of an 11-year-old who was acting as a demon. The incident happened on Wednesday in Bambhiyapur village of Kanpur during a dramatic enactment of a mythology-based Bhagwat Katha. It was organised by the family of Subhash Saini and was going on for several days. Read on to learn more about the incident. 

The enactment was happening at Subhash's house. On the day of the incident, children were depicting and enacting various religious characters. One of them was the 14-year-old boy who played goddess Kali. During the drama, he was supposed to kill the demon, which was being played by an 11-year-old. Unfortunately, while enacting the mock-slaying of demon, the 14-year-old injured the 11-year-old fatally as his knife struck his neck.  

How a trivial issue or carelessness led to a murder

Reportedly, the teen, playing goddess Kali, was asked to carry a blunt trident. However, he couldn't find one so he took a real and sharp knife which ultimately led to the tragedy. 

As soon as the incident happened, the organising family informed the police and took the injured teen to the Community Health Center. However, the doctors declared that the teen was dead. 

Police action

The police first detained the 14-year-old teen for interrogation and sent the body of the deceased for post-mortem examination. Bablu Kashyap, the father of the deceased boy, filed an FIR against the accused teen. The police then booked the teen under section 304 of IPC for causing death by rash or negligent act although not amounting to homicide. 

Assistant Commissioner of Police Ajay Kumar Trivedi told the media that the family who organised the event of Bhagwat Katha has also been taken into custody. 

Another similar incident of teens killing a boy for a trivial issue

In September 2023, a 15-year-old boy from  Odisha's Rourkela was brutally and fatally attacked by his two teen friends. All the teens studied in class IX but in different schools. On the day of the incident, the trio went for a bicycle ride. Then, an argument erupted over sharing earphones. It escalated into a physical fight when the two teens fatally injured and killed the third teen by assaulting him with stones.