In a gory incident, a four-year-old boy was made “sacrificed” about a kilometre away from Changori village of Janjgir-Champa district. Five persons have been arrested in this connection, Superintendent of Police, Prashant Agrawal informed on Thursday.
The victim was identified as Sunil (4) son of Ramsevak Kashyap resident of Changori village about 15 km from Akaltara. The boy had gone missing on July 11 and his body was found about one km away from Changori village in Bharri Khar area on July 13, he said. The post-mortem report of body revealed that the throat of the boy was slit with some sharp object, Station House Officer (SHO), Akaltra, Mamta Ali Sharma informed.
Based on the evidence gathered during investigation, five persons including two ‘Baigas’ — Ramayan Patel and Kaliram Gada were rounded up. The three other accused were identified as Chhatram alias Dharti Patel (52) his wife Rajkumari Patel (48) and their son Suraj Patel (28), the SHO said.
It was learnt that the accused made the sacrifice “to improve the failing health of the boy Suraj Patel,” the SHO said. The accused Chhatram alias Dharti Patel and his wife Rajkumari Patel had made a wish last year that if their son Suraj Patel’s, (also one of the accused) health condition improves then they would sacrifice life of a boy, she said.
On July 11, the accused abducted Sunil and took him to a Warehouse of Patel family and killed the boy the same night. later on, the accused dumped his body in a deserted place near Changori village where the body was found, Sharma said, adding, they have been booked under relevant sections of Indian Penal code including murder and abduction.