5 men arrested and accused of carrying out a ritual human sacrifice at a Hindu temple in India
Source: CBS News
5 men arrested and accused of carrying out a ritual human sacrifice at a Hindu temple in India
BY ARSHAD R. ZARGAR
UPDATED ON: APRIL 5, 2023 / 10:50 AM / CBS NEWS
New Delhi — Police in India have arrested five people in connection with the 2019 murder of a woman at a Hindu temple in what they say was a case of ritual human sacrifice. A Shanti Shaw, 64, was beheaded with a machete at the Kamakhya Temple in Assam state's capital Guwahati as an "offering" to the temple goddess, police said.
Shaw's decapitated body was found in June 2019, but only identified a month later by her son. She had travelled to the temple with a Hindu "godman" and two other women from another state to attend an annual fair.
Police had been investigating since then but reported no significant evidence until a special team of the Assam Police managed to identify the alleged killers using technical data linking them to the victim.
Guwahati police commissioner Diganta Barah told reporters Tuesday that 12 people were involved in the woman's murder, with five accused of planning the killing.
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