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Hyderabad shocker: Couple behead baby as sacrifice during 'super blue blood moon', arrested

Cab driver Kerukonda Rajasekhar had performed the rituals along with his wife Srilatha on the advice of a 'tantrik'.

Hyderabad shocker: Couple behead baby as sacrifice during 'super blue blood moon', arrested

Hyderabad: In a shocking incident, the Hyderabad Police have arrested a couple for beheading a baby girl as part of a human sacrifice ritual during the 'super blue blood moon' on January 31.

According to Hyderabad Police, cab driver Kerukonda Rajasekhar had performed the rituals along with his wife Srilatha on the advice of a 'tantrik'.

Sharing details about the shocking case, Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh M Bhagwat said, ''the couple was not keeping well for some time and on the advice of some black magician, took this drastic step.''

The authorities came to know about the incident when the head of the baby girl was spotted on the terrace of the cab driver's house in Hyderabad's Uppal area on February 1.

"On February 1, 2018, we received a complaint about the head of a baby from dial-100, following which a team of police immediately reached the spot. An FIR was registered and the investigation was initiated in the matter," Bhagwat said.

During the investigation, the accused even tried to mislead the police by narrating different stories, but the DNA test revealed the truth, the Hyderabad Police chief said.

The accused had allegedly abducted the baby girl while she was asleep beside her parents on a footpath. He also took the feeding bottle with nipple along with the baby for using it in black magic rituals.

Rajasekhar took the baby to Musi river near Prathapsingaram and beheaded her. 

He later dumped the torso into the river and carried the head in a polythene bag to home to perform the "kshudra pooja" (black magic).

Both husband and wife performed the rituals in the living room of their residence, keeping the severed head at the altar.

After completing the rituals, the accused carried the severed head to the terrace and kept it in the south-west corner under the lunar eclipse moonlight and the rising sun. 

(With ANI inputs)