patna, march 25 (ians) an eight-year-old boy was killed in bihar's buxar district after he and his three elder brothers were trying to imitate a hanging scene they had seen on a tv programme, police said monday.

murari yadav, a class three student, was found hanging from rope at his home in kasia village. 

"murari's three brothers told their mother that he insisted repeatedly to imitate a hanging scene they had seen in a tv show. when they hanged him with a rope, he died," a police official said.

"all of them were watching tv together and murari persuaded them to imitate the hanging scene that ultimately ended his life," murari's father santosh yadav, a village security guard said.