Delhi: Minor killed as ‘human sacrifice’ for prosperity
FirstpostAs per cops, the accused under the influence of some drugs picked up the boy and took him to their shanty. Allegedly, they first hit him with a blunt object and later slit his throat with a kitchen knife New Delhi: Police Sunday arrested two construction workers in South Delhi’s Lodhi colony slum for allegedly killing a six-year-old as human sacrifice. Main accused Vijay confessed to the murder, claiming that he had taken ‘prasad’ after which he thought that he had to perform a ‘human sacrifice’ to attain prosperity. At around 10:30 pm on Saturday, when the boy was going to his shed, the accused called him to their cooking space and killed him by first attacking on his head and then slitting his throat, Deputy Commissioner of Police Chandan Choudhary said. According to the officer, accused Vijay has said in his disclosure statement that after consuming ‘prasad’, he was disillusioned that he had to perform a ‘human sacrifice’ in order to gain prosperity and hence killed the boy.