The Mashaghai police on Thursday arrested two persons, including an occultist, in connection with the alleged killing of an eight-year-old boy as human sacrifice at Gokhapada village in Kendrapara district. The arrested were identified as Bairagi alias Baikuntha Das (45) and Muna alias Choudhury Abhinas Das (46), a retired Army staff and the occultist in the case. Both belong to Gokhapada village.
The police also seized a sharp weapon used for slitting the boy’s neck from the luna river bank, said SP Satish Kumar Gajbhiye. The SP also informed that the two arrested have confessed to the crime before him.
According to Gajbhiye, Bairagi sliced the neck of the boy, Rajesh Kumar Nayak, mercilessly on Monday night with a sharp knife whereas Muna strongly held victim’s two hands.
The child was put on prostrate position on the luna river bed. Muna collected blood and performed puja for about 15 minutes at the yajna site in front of the the Hanuman temple near the river.
later, Muna immersed the blood in the river water while Bairagi threw the body into the river. According to Gajbhiye, Bairagi’s brother Ananta alias Antaryami Das though had been detained, yet he was found innocent.