Human Sacrifice

The Kerala Police probing the suspected human sacrifice case in Pathanamthitta district have identified the prime accused Mohammed Shafi as a "psychopath" and a "pervert"

The three people, accused in the sensational human sacrifice case, were produced before a court here on Wednesday morning. The arrest of the trio, Bhagaval Singh and his wife Laila and Muhammad Shafi, was recorded on Tuesday, for allegedly sacrificing two women to settle the financial issues of the couple and bring prosperity in their life. The police sought a 10-day custody of the accused for detailed interrogation. According to media reports, advocate B A Aloor, known for representing the accused in several sensational cases, appeared in the court for the trio in this case. On Tuesday night, senior IPS officer R Nishanthini, who gave lead to the exhumation procedures at the couple's house in Elanthoor village in Pathanamthitta, where the bodies of the victims were buried after being chopped in pieces, said prima facie the crime was committed to settle the financial issues of the couple and to bring prosperity in their life. Quoting the accused, the officer said Muhammand Shafi .

The arrested duo practised black magic on the minor boy and subsequently sacrificed him as part of a ritual to appease Goddess Durga during Durga Puja