In a case of human sacrifice, two men allegedly slit the throat of a six-year-old boy in the early hours of Sunday in a slum area near the under-construction building of CRPF headquarters in South Delhi’s Lodhi colony. The men sacrificed the child to propitiate the deity (Bhole Baba) on Shashti (the sixth night of Durga Puja). The police said they have arrested the accused persons and also seized a kitchen knife.
The accused have been identified as Vijay Kumar and Amar Kumar, both natives of Bihar. Police said the duo was under the influence of drugs while committing the crime.
Vijay and Amar have confessed to the crime and told the police they killed the boy to gain “prosperity”.
The accused and the boy’s parents were working as construction labourers and living in the same slum, police said.
According to Chandan Chowdhary, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South district, at around 10:30 pm on Saturday, the accused called him to their place and killed him by first attacking on his head and then slitting his throat.
The police registered a case under Sections 302 (murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
“During interrogation, the duo told the police they got an illusion that ‘Lord Shiva’ asked them for the sacrifice of a child. When they found the said child, they took him inside their shanty and murdered him by slitting his throat with a kitchen knife,” said a senior police official. The weapon of offence has been recovered and both the accused have been arrested.
“We were all celebrating. The women were singing bhajans and doing puja while we were going to a temple. My son was playing with his friends. After 10.30 pm, he was going back to the shed when the accused pulled him in. We searched for him everywhere. Later, I found blood coming out of their house. I went in and found them pushing my son’s body under a cot. I screamed for help… We came to Delhi around four-five weeks ago. Our family never fought with anyone. Why did they kill my son?” wept his unconsolable father.