Bhubaneswar, Mar 10 (PTI) Two minor brothers were found dead in Odisha’s Nayagarh district on Monday, following which it was alleged that they were killed by their father as they were opposed to his remarriage.
The incident took place in Fatehgarh police station area.
One of the deceased boys was 14 years old, while the other one was 11.
Their maternal uncle alleged that “the children were murdered because they opposed their father’s remarriage”.
“Why will the innocent boys die by suicide? The two boys were first murdered, and then their bodies were hanged to show it as suicide. Their father killed them to clear the path for a second marriage,” he alleged.
The boys’ mother had passed away three years ago, and their father had been making arrangements to marry again, locals alleged.
“The children were strongly against the remarriage,” police said, citing a complaint filed by the deceased children’s maternal grandmother.
The boys’ grandfather, meanwhile, acknowledged that “the children were indeed opposed to their father’s remarriage, but they took their own lives”.
The police have detained the boys’ father and started an investigation.
“The two boys were in class 4 and 9. The exact reason for their deaths can be ascertained after receiving the post-mortem reports,” said Superintendent of Police S Susree.
In suspected human sacrifice case, man kills girl, offers blood on temple steps in Gujarat
(PTI) In a suspected case of human sacrifice, a man murdered a five-year-old girl by slitting her throat and offered her blood on the steps of a temple in Chhotaudepur district of Gujarat on Monday, police said.
The accused, Lala Tadvi, abducted the victim from her house at Panej village in the tribal-dominated district in the presence of her mother in the morning, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Gaurav Agrawal said.
Tadvi, who was later arrested, took the girl to his house and inflicted fatal injuries on her neck using an axe, Agrawal said.
“He then collected the blood gushing out of the girl’s neck and offered some of it onto the steps of a small temple located in his house even as her mother and a few other villagers looked in shock, but could do anything as he was wielding an axe,” the police officer said.
The accused does not appear to be an occult practitioner, and the exact motive behind the murder was not yet clear, Agrawal said, adding an investigation was underway.
On a complaint of the girl’s family, an FIR is being registered against Tadvi under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita pertaining to murder and abduction, Agrawal informed.
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