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Four-year-old sacrificed in Uttar Pradesh

Driven by the desire to get a son at any cost, a resident of Rumpura Buzurg village in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh sacrificed his neighbour's four-year-old child.

Five people including two women have been arrested in this connection after preliminary investigations.

Superintendent of Police, Bareilly (rural) Gulab Singh Saturday said Naresh Pal, who had four daughters, was advised by an 'ojha' to sacrifice a boy, if he wanted a son.

On August 15, Naresh, with some of his relatives lured away his neighbour Nanhelal's son Akash with sweets. They later beheaded the boy with a sharp-edged weapon, threw his body in a pond and buried the head.

Nanhelal lodged a report in the Bhamura police station about Akash's sudden disappearance. Later, on finding his son's headless body floating in the lake he lodged a report against Naresh and his family members.

On interrogation, the family confessed to sacrificing the boy and the weapon used in the crime was recovered.

UNI

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