'I Wonder Where Kerala Is Going': High Court Expresses Shock At Killing Of Two Women In Suspected Human Sacrifice Case
2 years, 2 months ago

'I Wonder Where Kerala Is Going': High Court Expresses Shock At Killing Of Two Women In Suspected Human Sacrifice Case

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday took note of the reports stating that two women were abducted and killed as part of a black magic ritual at Elanthoor Village in Pathanamthitta, and expressed its shock and disbelief at the news. Justice Devan Ramachandran wondered where the State was heading to, while referring to the incident. I wonder where Kerala is going," the court observed The incident pertains to the abduction, dismemberment and burial of two women, who were lottery vendors, as part of a ritualistic sacrifice. The two women were allegedly killed by the couple, as per media reports.

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Explained: Kerala’s ‘human sacrifice’ case and India’s shocking record of killings in the name of god
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained: Kerala’s ‘human sacrifice’ case and India’s shocking record of killings in the name of god

Firstpost  

The case of two women in Kerala being killed as part of a human sacrifice and then possibly eaten has shocked the nation. However, data from the National Crime Records Bureau reveals that India struggles with these crimes — since 2014, the country has seen over 100 such murders Blood-curdling details keep emerging from the Kerala human sacrifice case, which …

Kerala 'Human Sacrifice' Updates: 'Pervert' Shafi, Other Accused Sent to 12-Day Police Custody; CPM Calls for New Law on Superstitious Rituals
2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala 'Human Sacrifice' Updates: 'Pervert' Shafi, Other Accused Sent to 12-Day Police Custody; CPM Calls for New Law on Superstitious Rituals

News 18  

Kerala ‘Human Sacrifice’ Updates: A Kerala court on Thursday sent three accused in the gruesome ‘human sacrifice’ case to 12-day police custody. • Kerala police is now investigating the missing persons cases in Ernakulam and Pathanamthitta districts in the past five years to see if “others fell into Shafi’s trap”. • In the ‘human sacrifice’ case, a pervert is the …

Kerala ‘human sacrifice’, a ‘brain eater’ and other horrors of ‘cannibalism’ in India
2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala ‘human sacrifice’, a ‘brain eater’ and other horrors of ‘cannibalism’ in India

Firstpost  

The couple who murdered two women in Kerala as part of ‘human sacrifice’ also turned cannibals, police suspect. The shocking case brings to mind the Nithari serial killings and the criminal Raja Kolander from UP who cooked his victims As the Kerala “human sacrifice” case unravels, chilling details of suspected cannibalism – eating of human flesh by humans – have …

Kerala 'human sacrifice' case: Mastermind Shafi 'a sexual pervert, psychopath', says senior police officer
2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala 'human sacrifice' case: Mastermind Shafi 'a sexual pervert, psychopath', says senior police officer

Firstpost  

Kochi City Police Commissioner CH Nagaraju said Shafi designed the conspiracy and trapped the couple into believing that human sacrifice is needed for financial wellbeing Kochi: The Kerala police Wednesday said that the mastermind in ‘human sacrifice’ case - Mohammed Shafi - is a “sexual pervert, psychopath and crafty fellow” after it was revealed that he lured two women, tortured …

Kerala 'Human Sacrifice' Case: Key Accused's Motive Was Sexual, Say Police
2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala 'Human Sacrifice' Case: Key Accused's Motive Was Sexual, Say Police

The Quint  

Mohammed Shafi, alias Rasheed, the prime accused in the shocking 'human sacrifice' double homicide in Kerala's Pathanamthitta district, derived "sadistic pleasure" out of hurting his victims, said Kochi City Police Commissioner Ch Nagaraju on Wednesday, 12 October. The dismembered bodies of two missing women – Padma, 52, and Roselin, 49, both of whom sold lottery tickets in Ernakulam district – …

Kerala’s Inhuman 'Sacrifice': Did Delay in Police Action Cost One Woman Her Life?
2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala’s Inhuman 'Sacrifice': Did Delay in Police Action Cost One Woman Her Life?

News 18  

Could the Ernakulum police have saved at least one of the two women who were allegedly killed with their body parts chopped as part of “black magic” in Elanthoor village of Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district? News18 October 12, 2022 CRACKING THE SECOND CASE The police found that the last tower location of the 42-year-old’s mobile phone was near Thiruvalla in Pathanamthitta, …

Kerala ‘black magic’ case: One body was cut into 56 pieces, main accused a psychopath, say cops
2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala ‘black magic’ case: One body was cut into 56 pieces, main accused a psychopath, say cops

Hindustan Times  

A day after the alleged human sacrifice case in Kerala was unearthed, the police on Wednesday revealed gruesome details of the crime including that one victim was cut into 56 pieces. In a press meet, Kochi commissioner CH Nagraju said the Shafi, the main accused, has a criminal past and trapped the couple -- Bhagaval Singh and his wife Laila …

"When Public Opinion Influences Investigation Its Very Course Gets Diverted With Exasperating Results": Kerala HC Acquits Accused In Rape And Murder Of Tribal Woman
3 years, 5 months ago

"When Public Opinion Influences Investigation Its Very Course Gets Diverted With Exasperating Results": Kerala HC Acquits Accused In Rape And Murder Of Tribal Woman

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court recently acquitted two individuals, Mani and Rajan, life convicts in the rape and murder of a tribal woman that occurred on 30th May 2005.A Division Bench comprising Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice Ziyad Rahman AA observed that 'when public opinion influences an investigation, its very course gets diverted with exasperating' results'.A tribal woman was raped. …

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