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One of the reasons for such drastic things can be greed in some form. So it drives them to the extent of killing a human, especially a girl child?
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In Kanyakumari, the southernmost district of Tamil Nadu a couple had visited their parent’s house in Manali along with their two-year-old daughter. She was seen playing in front of the house. After a while the couple found the child missing and searched in the neighbouring places. When she was nowhere to be seen, they lodged a police complaint.
The police arrived quickly to investigate further. Since there was a big well nearby they doubted if the kid could have fallen inside and reviewed the CCTV footage. While the processing was on, they heard a child’s scream nearby and immediately rushed in the direction of the sound. It was around 8 at the night.
They saw a sixty-eight-year-old man chanting mantras and performing some rituals. The kid was seen continuously crying to which he did not pay any attention. They immediately rescued the kid and nabbed him. He confessed that he kidnapped the child for human sacrifice and that he performs black magic. The investigation is still ongoing.
Human sacrifice is one word to send shivers even if were seen as visuals in a movie. That too a two-year child is not something that could even be imagined.
It is hardly three months since the news of two women brutally murdered in Kerala for black magic rituals. The culprits were arrested by the police. Still lives lost stands the same.
Is it still people’s faith that needs to be blamed here? One of the reasons for such drastic things can be greed in some form. So it drives them to the extent of killing a human, especially a girl child? Though our law stands strong in providing the deserved judgment, prevention is better than cure.
In this case, the girl child saved is a big relief. Creating the necessary awareness could help in reducing such incidents. A household perishes in happiness and flourishes in riches when the girl in the family is educated not when being sacrificed to superstitious beliefs.
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