NEW DELHI (EFE).— A second-grade student was murdered in the residence of a school in northern India as part of a black magic ritual, under the belief that it would bring prosperity to the school, the Police reported yesterday. , which arrested 5 people involved.
“The Sahapau Police Station (a town in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh) successfully resolved the incident of murder of a child in the area and arrested five accused related to the incident,” the local Police published in X.
So far “five suspects have been arrested and further investigation is underway,” Deputy Superintendent of Police Ashok Kumar Singh said in a video statement.
Among those arrested is the school principal, Dinesh Baghel, his father and three teachers, Police Superintendent Nipun Agarwal informed the Indian newspaper “Times of India.”
The boy, who attended second grade and lived in the school residence, died of strangulation last Sunday night, but it was not until the next morning when he woke up that his classmates and staff found him unconscious in his bed. and they notified the director, Agarwal said.
Baghel tried to cover up the crime by taking the body in his car and drove several kilometers until the family, realizing the child was missing, called the police.
“We sent the body for an autopsy, which revealed that the child was strangled on Sunday night,” the superintendent explained.
The murder sparked a wave of outrage, especially from the Uttar Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (Scpcr), which warned that it will recommend to the state administration to withdraw recognition of the school.
“That in Hathras they sacrificed a second-year student for the prosperity and fame of the school is shameful. We will take appropriate measures and I will ask that the school’s recognition be withdrawn,” Anita Agarwal, a member of the agency, told the state agency ANI.
Police revealed that the five tried to kill another child recently, but were unsuccessful.
Although the numbers are decreasing, in some regions, especially in rural or tribal areas, human sacrifices and the practice of black magic to ask for favors continue to take place, as well as lynchings of people accused of practicing black magic or witchcraft.
India’s latest crime report, which corresponds to 2022, recorded eight deaths related to human sacrifice, and 85 from “witchcraft.”
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