Amarjeet Sada: The Eight-Year-Old 'Sadist' Who Became The World's Youngest Serial Killer

By the age of eight, Amarjeet Sada had allegedly committed three murders and was termed a sadist with no sense of right or wrong by psychologists.

Eight-year-old Amarjeet Sada was all smiles when he was brought to the police station in 2007 in connection with the murder of an infant. Sada, known as the world's youngest serial killer, was held after three murders, two of which went unreported. Born in 1998 in the Musahahar village of Bihar, he was no ordinary eight-year-old. He committed his first murder in 2006 and the victim was his six-year-old cousin, the New Indian Express reported. A psychologist reportedly called him a 'sadist who derived pleasure from inflicting injuries'. In fact, when Amarjeet was being questioned by the Officer in Charge (OIC) of the Bhagalpur police station in Bihar, he first asked for biscuits before he answered any questions, the Crime Wire reported. Even though Amarjeet's indifference enraged the officer, he could not forget that the one sitting opposite him was a mere eight-year-old. 

UNREPORTED CRIMES 

Amarjeet was born to a poor couple working as labourers in Bihar and the birth of his sister made it more difficult for the family to make ends meet. A loner by nature, Amarjeet had no friends but would spend time climbing trees and roaming around his village. His life took an unexpected turn when his aunt visited his place with her six-year-old daughter after finding a job in the city. A few days later when his aunt and mother left the house to buy vegetables leaving Sada in charge of the two children. From this day, his life took a twisted turn.

At first, he started to pinch and slap his cousin. As she began to cry, he put his hands around her throat and choked her before finally strangling her to death. He reportedly went to the nearby forest and bashed her head to a pulp and returned home after burying her. However, his parents shielded him even after he confessed to the crime and soon it was time for the next victim -- his sister.

One winter afternoon, when his parents were sleeping, Amarjeet's attention turned toward his sister. He reportedly lifted her from the cot and strangled her to death. When his mother later picked her up to feed her, she knew what had happened. When she asked Amarjeet if he had done that, he said 'yes'. When asked Why? He answered: Just like that. But once again, his parents did not report him to the police.

POLICE NAB AMARJEET

It was during his final and last kill in 2007 that Amarjeet was caught by the police. This time it was a six-month-old baby girl named Khushboo. The baby’s mother left her daughter at a primary school only to find that she was missing when she returned. After a few hours, Amarjeet reportedly confessed to killing her. He admitted that he strangled her and hit her with a brick and then buried her. He even led the villagers to the spot where he buried her.

"She was sleeping in the school. I took her a little away, and killed her with a stone and buried her," he told police, as quoted by the Guardian.  

Amarjeet was eight years when he was finally summoned by the police. He was reportedly calm and composed with no shred of fear on his face after what he had done. His nonchalance stunned the police officers. But they persuaded him and finally, Sada led them to where he buried his last victim -- a plot behind the primary school. He then calmly proceeded to tell the police about his previous killings.

Since he was a minor at the time of committing the murders, he was sent to a juvenile home and was kept in isolation. Doctors who treated him reportedly said he had a conduct disorder in which he derived pleasure from harming others. According to reports, when Amarjeet turned 18 in 2016, he was released under a new identity and nobody knows about his whereabouts now.