Man watches YouTube video and kills owl to attract woman

A 40-year-old man from Delhi killed a barn owl so as to attract a woman he liked. The man reportedly did the act after looking up a video on YouTube.

Kanhaya is married with three children. He liked a girl and wanted her to be attracted to him. So as to hypnotise her, Kanhaya killed an owl. He had watched a YouTube video on sacrificing birds to hypnotise the person wanted, before killing the owl.

The accused had reportedly cut the claws of the owl and inserted needles into its liver and lungs. According to the post-mortem report, the owl "died due to multiple puncture wounds." Kanhaya was arrested on November 11.