Two women killed as 'human sacrifice' in India

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 14, 2022 12:10 am

NEW DELHI: Indian police said on Wednesday they had arrested three people, including a man claiming to be an occult practitioner, for allegedly killing two women as human sacrifices in the belief they would become rich.

A couple in financial difficulties paid Mohammed Shafi 300,000 rupees ($3,640) to 'arrange' two victims who he then 'brutally abused and killed' in separate rituals three months apart, police spokesman Pramod Kumar told Agence France-Presse (AFP).

DURGA'S DEVOTEES Female devotees take a selfie in front of the image of the Hindu goddess Durga during the Durga Puja festival in the city of Amritsar, Punjab state, northern India on Oct. 3, 2022. Some women like them are vulnerable to being victimized for shocking ends, like the two lottery ticket sellers in India who were killed as human sacrifices recently. AFP PHOTO

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