![]() The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), which maintains data on crimes in the country, provides data for deaths due to witchcraft and human sacrifices. As per the 2021 report, six deaths were linked to human sacrifices, while witchcraft was the motive for 68 killings. ![]() While the police are probing the possibility of ‘human sacrifices’ of more women in a similar manner and the involvement of more people, the incident has raised concerns over the growing fascination for superstitious beliefs and occult ceremonies. According to the police remand report, the breasts of one of them had been chopped off and the body of the other was cut into 56 pieces.Īs macabre details emerged and questions were raised over the delayed police response, a Special Investigation Team was constituted and the accused were sent into judicial custody.Īlertness of a cop led to the detection of ‘human sacrifice’ Their bodies were cut into pieces and buried in different pits in the same property after sprinkling salt to mislead investigators, turmeric saplings were planted over most of these spots, an official told The Hindu. The remains of the two women - Padmam, 52, and Rosli, 49 - were exhumed from near the couple’s house. During interrogation, the accused not only confessed to having killed the missing woman but also another victim in a similar manner in June. Following their revelations, the three were arrested on October 11 for ‘human sacrifices’ of the two women. ![]() The interrogation led the police the to main accused Mohammed Shafi alias Rasheed, a resident of Perumbavur in Ernakulam, and through him Bhagaval Singh and his wife Laila of Elanthoor village. Earlier this month, three people were taken into custody by the Kerala Police during a probe in connection with a missing persons complaint of a woman.
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