Boy sacrificed to 'goddess'

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian man gouged out the eyes of a five-year-old boy, chopped off his finger and then killed him as a sacrifice to the goddess Durga, the many-armed destroyer of demons, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

The man lured the boy, Santosh, with offers of chocolates as he played in his village in Orissa on Sunday night, The Asian Age reported, quoting police.

The man told the police that Durga appeared to him in a dream and told him he had to sacrifice a child to solve his problems. The Age did not say what the problems were.

He was caught by villagers and made to confess after Santosh’s body was found on Monday, the newspaper said.

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The Asian Age Report...

Bhubaneswar, Feb. 9: A man gouged out the eyes of a five-year-old boy and offered them to Goddess Durga before killing him.

According to police reports, Gannath Dehury of Sargigarh village, in Orissa’s Sudergarh district, picked up Sontosh when he was playing on the village road on Sunday night by promising him chocolates. He took him to a canal outside the village, stripped him, chopped off his ring finger and gouged out his eyes.

As the profusely bleeding boy fainted after some time, Dehury stabbed him to death and left the body in a deserted field.

At the time of the killing, most of the villagers had been watching a cultural programme. Dehury told the police that Goddess Durga had appeared in his dreams and asked him to sacrifice a minor if he wanted his problems to go away.

The officials said Dehury "offered" the finger and eyes to the water in the canal, returned home and performed occult rituals in the nude.

The boy’s family complained to the police when he didn’t return home. The dead body was recovered on Monday evening after some people suspected Dehury and made him confess to the crime. He was later handed over to police officials, who have seized the knife used to kill the child.

In yet another incident of occult practice, a three-year-old child was rescued by villagers on Tuesday just before being sacrificed by her own uncle. According to the police, Jadab Suna kidnapped the girl from near her home in eastern Orissa’s Paurajhar village and took her to a graveyard. His plan was to sacrifice her as part of a ritual that he thought would please the gods. But the little girl’s screams were heard by villagers nearby who stopped Jadab and then rushed the girl, in critical condition, to her family. Angry villagers have handed over Jadab to the police and are demanding harsh punishment to deter others.

The administration in Orissa has been fighting the practice of tantric rituals involving human sacrifice for a long time. Every year, the police records several incidents of human sacrifice, or attempted sacrifice, especially in the tribal belts.

May Allaah guide us all to His Straight Path, Aameen.

Wa'Alaykum As-Salaam Wa Rahmatullaahi Wa Barakaatuh.

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I thought there was some age limit.

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what the heck. This is insane.

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Jai maata ki!

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Wow i cannot belive something like this could happen kinda twisted how can 5 year old be sacrificed like that!

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indeed very sickening some 1 chop that guy up as sacrifice to lord ganesh. :rolleyes: wat a idiot

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Last time I heard some man took out the eyes of a little kid, crushed them and sold them out as a taveez. That was in Pakistan.

God help these little kids.