VARANASI: A tantrik allegedly killed a 12-year-old boy from Telga village in Bhadohi district in a case of human sacrifice last month. The police said the accused, who was arrested on Sunday, had confessed to the crime
Sources said the boy, Sumit, had gone missing on May 12 and his father had lodged a complaint the next day. Three days later, the boy’s body, bearing several injury marks, was found at an isolated place near the village.
“Judging by the body’s condition, we believe the boy was suffocated to death before his eyes were gouged out and his hands chopped off,” said a police officer. “Suspecting a case of human sacrifice, we nabbed tantrik Upendracharya alias Upendra Tiwari and two of his aides, Ravindra Sharma and Shivbhawan Sharma, on Sunday
Protesting villagers ransacked and torched the houses of the two aides on Monday, prompting police deployment in the area to keep the situation under control.
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