In India, five people were detained by law enforcement officers who sacrificed a human being in 2019. They are accused of beheading women. Hindustan Times.
Shanti Sho, 64, was killed after being decapitated with a machete near the Kamakhya temple in Guwahati, Assam. This sanctuary is considered one of the main shrines of believers practicing Tantrism.
For nearly four years, the case remained unsolved as the deceased’s body could not be identified.
Experts have now been able to identify the woman. According to the investigation, he was killed by a group of five people led by Pradeep Pathak, 52, from Madhya Pradesh. According to police, the man engaged Sho to give peace to the soul of his deceased brother, who was a reclusive yogi.
The perpetrator’s relative died 11 years ago.
Shanti Sho came to Guwahati for a religious holiday in July 2019. Men attracted her to various rituals on the night of July 18/19. In one, they laid him on the ground and cut off his head. The head was wrapped in cellophane and thrown into the Brahmaputra River. Five people were directly involved in the murder, and 11 people took part in the rituals before that.
As a result, it was possible to identify the deceased by means of remains of clothing, tattoos and other special marks.
The organizer of the crime was arrested on 25 March. He paid 10 thousand rupees (9.8 thousand rubles) to each of those who attended the service. The police are looking for other suspects, they are hiding.
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