An 11-year-old boy
was beheaded on the advice of an exorcist to propitiate the gods to
cure an ailing infant in Masaurhi sub-division of Bihar’s Patna district.
Golu, son of Upendra Kumar, was sacrificed allegedly by a villager Sitaram
Mahto, on the suggestion of a woman exorcist Kari Devi to propitiate
the gods. The beheaded body was found in Mahto’s field.
Child sacrificed
for cure
Deccan Herald - 1.11.2006
PATNA, PTI: An eleven
year old boy was beheaded on the advise of an exorcist to propitiate
the gods to cure an ailing infant, here, in Masaurhi sub-division, police
sources said on Tuesday.
Golu,
son of Upendra Kumar, was sacrificed allegedly by a villager Sitaram
Mahto, on the suggestion of a woman exorcist Kari Devi on October 23
to please the gods for the cure of his ailing two-month-old grandson,
police said.
The beheaded
body of the boy was recovered from the field of Sitaram Mahto the next
day following which the boy’s family grew suspicious about his role
in the killing.
The sources
said Jitendra, a grandson of Sitaram, lured Golu into a trap by persuading
him to accompany him to watch the immersion of idols of Ganesha and
Laxmi but instead of doing so, he took him to his grandfather’s farmland.
Reportedly,
here the child was sacrificed with the help of other family members.
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