A 65-year-old man was allegedly killed and his torso was burnt in a ‘Holika Dahan’ fire as part of ‘black magic’ rituals in Bihar’s Aurangabad district, a police officer said.<\/p>\n
The deceased has been identified as Yugual Yadav (65), he said.<\/p>\n
Police have arrested four persons, including a relative of a ‘tantric’, in connection with the incident, the officer said on Friday, adding that the tantric is absconding.<\/p>\n
Aurangabad Superintendent of Police (SP) Ambrish Rahul told reporters on Friday, “Madanpur police station on March 13 received a missing complaint about Yugal Yadav, a resident of Gulab Bigha village. A case was registered and a special investigation team was formed by the police to trace him. During the investigation, officials came to know about the discovery of human bones from the ashes of a Holika Dahan fire in the neighbouring village of Banger.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
Officials inspected the site and found charred human bones and Yugal’s slippers from there.<\/p>\n
A dog squad was immediately deployed which took the investigators to the house of Ramashish Rikyasan a ‘tantric. While Ramashish was not present at the house, his relative, Dharmendra, was taken into custody as he gave conflicting statements about the whereabouts of the former, said the SP.<\/p>\n
“During interrogation, Dharmendra confessed that he and others had kidnapped and beheaded Yugal as a part of black magic rituals. His torso was then burnt in the Holika Dahan fire. Based on Dharmendra’s statement, police recovered the victim’s severed head from a nearby field,” said the SP.<\/p>\n
The official said “Ramashish Rikyasan had conducted the ritual on behalf of Sudhir Paswan, who was seeking a child. Dharmendra also admitted that the group had earlier sacrificed a teenager, whose body was dumped in a well in the same locality.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
A total of four people, including Sudhir Paswan, Dharmendra and two others, have been arrested, police said. A minor boy has also been taken into custody in connection with the incident, police said.<\/p>\n
“Police have seized the weapon of offence and sent the recovered human bones for scientific tests, including DNA examination,” said the SP.<\/p>\n
A manhunt has been launched to nab tantric Ramashish Rikyasan, he added.<\/p>\n
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