Driven By Superstition, Man Kills Grandmother Before Attempting Suicide in Chhattisgarh

Durg: A shocking case of suspected human sacrifice has come to light in Chhattisgarh 's Durg district where a man attempted suicide after killing his grandmother and offering blood on a ‘shivling’.

Suspected Case of ‘Human Sacrifice’ in Chhattisgarh

In a suspected case of 'human sacrifice', a man allegedly killed his grandmother and offered her blood on a 'shivling' before he tried to end his life in Chhattisgarh 's Durg district, police said on Sunday. 

The incident, which appears to be the outcome of superstition, took place on Saturday evening in Nankatti village under Nandini police station limits, Sub Divisional Officer of Police, Dhamdha area, Sanjay Pundhir said.

After being alerted about the incident by locals, a police team reached the spot and sent the body of the woman, identified as Rukmani Goswami (70), for postmortem.

Man Kills Grandmother, Offers Her Blood to Shivling

As per preliminary information, Gulshan lived with his grandmother in a room close to a Lord Shiva temple and used to daily perform rituals at the temple, he said.

On Saturday evening, he allegedly killed his grandmother with a trident in their house and offered her blood on the 'shivling' at the temple, the official said.

Man Attempted Suicide Later

The man then returned home and attacked himself with the same trident on his neck, inflicting serious injuries, he said.

Gulshan has been admitted at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in state capital Raipur in critical condition, he said.

"Prima facie, the incident seems to be outcome of superstition. A case been registered in this connection and further probe is on," Pundhir said. 

Human Sacrifice in Hathras

This is not the first case of ‘human sacrifice’ in the recent times; last month, in a heartbreaking incident, a Class 2 student was allegedly killed as part of a sacrificial ritual performed by the owners of his school in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras to make it more prosperous. DL Public School owner Jasodhan Singh, who is said to believe in 'tantrik rituals', asked his son Dinesh Baghel, the director of the school, to sacrifice a child for the prosperity of the school and his family.

Police said the postmortem report of the 11-year-old child revealed that he died due to strangulation. "The student has been identified as Kritarth (11) studying in class second of the DL Public School," said Ashok Kumar Singh, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Hathras.

(Inputs from PTI)