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  Rajasthan horror: Man kills minor after 'tantrik' assures 'ritual sacrifice' would end bachelorhood

  Rajasthan | May 15, 2026 22:24 IST

  As news of the arrest spread, villagers shared disturbing accounts of the suspect's previous behaviour. Locals claim the man had a history of animal cruelty linked to his superstitious beliefs, including the slaughter of a buffalo calf and the mutilation of cattle over the last two years.

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  Shocking! Couple behead themselves for human sacrificial ritual in Gujarat's Rajkot

  Gujarat | April 16, 2023 21:35 IST

  The family members of the couple said the duo had been offering prayers in the hut every day since the last one year.

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  NHRC issues notices to Kerala government, seeks report on 'human sacrifice' incident

  India | October 15, 2022 18:14 IST

  Kerala Human Sacrifice case: Observing that such incidents cannot be expected in a civilised society, where a human being is killed in the name of a ritual without any fear of the law, the NHRC said the right to life of the victims has been grossly violated.

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  Kerala human sacrifice case not first to catch attention. How people often fall prey is a concern

  India | October 13, 2022 12:41 IST

  Kerala human sacrifice case shocked the human conscience, indicating the urgent need for addressing the superstition issue.

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  Delhi: 2 neighbours kill 6-year-old boy as 'human sacrifice' to gain prosperity in Lodhi Colony

  Crime | October 02, 2022 17:14 IST

  The accused and the boy's parents were working as construction labourers. Vijay and Amar have confessed to the crime and said they killed the boy to gain "prosperity". All of them were living in the same slum, police said.

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  3 found murdered in suspected case of human sacrifice in Andhra Pradesh

  Crime | July 16, 2019 22:57 IST

  Police in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district were hunting on Tuesday for the killers of three elderly members of a family who were found murdered at a temple in a case of suspected human sacrifice.

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  Assam: Police shoot two to save toddler from human sacrifice

  India | July 07, 2019 9:10 IST

  Police said that the incident took place at the district's Kushalipara village, where Jadav Saharia and his family members, probably driven by some kind of superstition, attempted to sacrifice the three-year-old girl.

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  Seven get death sentence in human sacrifice case

  India | March 28, 2014 8:12 IST

  Durg : A court here Thursday awarded death penalty to seven people on charges of kidnapping and murdering a two-year-old boy as part of a tantrik ritual in 2010.District and Sessions Judge Gautam Chaurariya awarded