Indian-origin man found guilty of killing teens who played doorbell-ringing prank at his house in U.S.

The incident took place on January 19, 2020, when a group of teenage boys rang Chandra’s bell on a dare.

An Indian-origin man has been found guilty of killing three teenage boys who played a doorbell-ringing prank at his house in the U.S. state of California, according to local media reports.

Anurag Chandra, a Riverside County resident, was found guilty of three counts of attempted murder and three counts of first-degree murder on Friday, the New York Post reported.

The incident took place on January 19, 2020, when a group of teenage boys rang Chandra’s bell on a dare, the report added.

Chandra said that one of the teens flashed his buttocks before running away.

The crash killed all three teenagers who were 16 years old, it said.

During the trial, Chandra testified that he had been afraid for his family’s safety that night when he saw a person with a hooded sweatshirt outside his home, and that he chased down the other car to verbally express his anger, The Press-Enterprise newspaper reported.

He also testified that he had drunk 12 bottles of beer on the night of the crash, the newspaper reported.