A shocking case of human sacrifice attempt was reported in the national capital. In a bizarre bid to bring her dead father back, woman kidnaps a newborn child and was all set to sacrifice the two-month-old toddler, before she was stopped by cops.
The incident was reported in South East Delhi’s East of Kailash area. According to the police, the accused, identified as Sweta, went in with a shocking superstitious belief that by sacrificing a newborn, her dead father could be brought back to life.
Cops said, the child was safely rescued before the woman went ahead with her plan adding that the accused admitted to the human sacrifice bid adding that they recovered the kidnapped child within 24 hours.
Police also said that the accused admitted to her crimes adding that the accused was previously involved in two cases of robbery and burglary, reports PTI quoting the police.
A team comprising sub-inspector Rajinder Singh, head constables Ravinder Giri, Sher Singh, Sachin Saroha, Neeraj Kumar and Dinesh Kumar, and woman constable Poonam was formed to crack the case. The team was led by SHO Amar Colony police station Pradeep Rawat, according to PTI.
According to the police, the infant’s mother informed that the kidnapper met her in Safdarjung Hospital and introduced herself as member of an NGO working for Jachcha-Bachcha care.
Shweta promised to provide free medicine and consultation to the mother and the child. Later, she followed them on the pretext of examining the newly born baby, police said.
On Wednesday, the accused also came to the family’s home at Mamraj Mohalla, Garhi, for the check-up of the baby. On Thursday, she came to their home again and convinced the mother of the child to hand over the infant for outing. The mother asked her 21-year-old niece to accompany Shweta, a senior police officer told PTI.
On Thursday around 4 pm, a tip-off was received that the kidnapper would come near Arya Samaj Mandir, Kotla Mubarakpur. Police conducted a raid, apprehended the accused and recovered the infant safely, the officer told PTI.
The incident comes months after shocking case of ‘human sacrifice’ in Kerala in which two women were allegedly killed and their body parts were chopped as part of black magic in Elanthoor village of Pathanamthitta district. The two women were killed in two separate instances of ‘human sacrifice’ by the three accused.
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