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Village mob slays killer tantrik: The Pioneer
Hafizpur, Aug 04: A gory tale of human sacrifice leading to the murder of a tantrik who performed the macabre act was enacted close to the Capital over the weekend. This morbid chain of events came to light when a violent mob delivered its version of instant justice to a tantrik at village Nan under Hafizpur police station of this district, leading to his death at dawn on Sunday.
Hafizpur, Aug 04: A gory tale of human sacrifice leading to the murder of a tantrik who performed the macabre act was enacted close to the Capital over the weekend. This morbid chain of events came to light when a violent mob delivered its version of instant justice to a tantrik at village Nan under Hafizpur police station of this district, leading to his death at dawn on Sunday.
The series of unholy happenings began on Saturday when Ravinder, the deaf 10-year-old son of Ved Prakash Sharma, did not return home till 9 pm. An announcement was made in the village about the disappearance and the village and its surroundings were searched by the villagers.
Helping the villagers in this activity till midnight was a tantrik, Tara Chand (30). This tantrik had been living in Nan for the last three years, having migrated from Ismailpur village of Bulandshahr.
Sub-Inspector Dharam Vir Sharma told The Pioneer, "Some villagers suspected the tantrik and he was put through strict interrogation by the police. The interrogating team kept up their questioning throughout the night and the tantrik cracked by morning." The tantrik confessed he had sacrificed the boy and agreed to help recover the body. He confessed to having brought a chicken from the market on Friday night for the sacrificial ceremony. He said that the sacrifice was offered the next day, in a sugarcane field. Earlier on Saturday, at about 5 pm, he lured the boy, Ravinder, by gifting him a 10-rupee note.
The boy, who was deaf, did not understand the trick being played on him and accompanied the tantrik to the sugarcane field. Once there, the tantrik kept the boy alive through a four-hour ceremony aimed at appeasing Shani Dev, which finally climaxed in the sacrifice of the boy at about 9 pm. Following his confession, the tantrik then took a group of villagers to the spot where he had sacrificed the boy. The remnants of the ceremony performed by the tantrik had been washed away by heavy overnight rain, but the body was there.
The villagers could not restrain their wrath on seeing the body and turned on the tantrik. He tried to escape but could not and soon succumbed to the frightful beating that followed.
The villagers then informed the police, which took both bodies into possession and sent them for post-mortem. SSP Chander Prakash said Tara Chand was a known tantrik and killed the child at the instigation of a woman. Two cases of murder were registered, one against both parties. Since the tantrik is dead, that case would be wrapped up but the villagers who lynched the tantrik will now face a murder charge.
Sub-Inspector Dharam Vir Sharma told The Pioneer, "Some villagers suspected the tantrik and he was put through strict interrogation by the police. The interrogating team kept up their questioning throughout the night and the tantrik cracked by morning." The tantrik confessed he had sacrificed the boy and agreed to help recover the body. He confessed to having brought a chicken from the market on Friday night for the sacrificial ceremony. He said that the sacrifice was offered the next day, in a sugarcane field. Earlier on Saturday, at about 5 pm, he lured the boy, Ravinder, by gifting him a 10-rupee note.
The boy, who was deaf, did not understand the trick being played on him and accompanied the tantrik to the sugarcane field. Once there, the tantrik kept the boy alive through a four-hour ceremony aimed at appeasing Shani Dev, which finally climaxed in the sacrifice of the boy at about 9 pm. Following his confession, the tantrik then took a group of villagers to the spot where he had sacrificed the boy. The remnants of the ceremony performed by the tantrik had been washed away by heavy overnight rain, but the body was there.
The villagers could not restrain their wrath on seeing the body and turned on the tantrik. He tried to escape but could not and soon succumbed to the frightful beating that followed.
The villagers then informed the police, which took both bodies into possession and sent them for post-mortem. SSP Chander Prakash said Tara Chand was a known tantrik and killed the child at the instigation of a woman. Two cases of murder were registered, one against both parties. Since the tantrik is dead, that case would be wrapped up but the villagers who lynched the tantrik will now face a murder charge.