A couple was killed in Chhattisgarh on suspicion that they practiced black magic, and among the seven persons arrested for the crime is one of their sons, a teenager.
The arrests were made on Monday from Jashpur and they brought here on charges of killing Sukru Ram Yadav (40) and his wife Manwati (35), who hailed from Jashpur. They lived in Raigarh district.
Raigarh Superintendent of Police Abhishek Meena told The Pioneer that their 17-year-old son, his brother-in-law Nar Singh and his cousin brothers Rajuram Yadav, Bhole Shankar Yadav, Shankar Yadav, Khageshwar Yadav and Ishwari Yadav have been taken into custody.
Efforts were on to nab another cousin, Dashrath Yadav, and a self claimed tantric, Chhatramohan Yadav, who conspired the killing.
The minor told the police that the tantric told him that the reason behind his elder brother’s mental instability was black magic practiced by his parents. The tantric instigated the boy to kill his parents.
The son and his relatives strangled and then crushed the couple to death on July 30 night in Bhagwanpur village in Raigarh. The police have seized stones, two towels, a rope and a Bolero car used in the crime.