India: 7 get death for human sacrifice in Chhattisgarh

A Durg sessions court on Thursday awarded capital punishment to seven persons for killing a two-year-old boy to “please deities”. The incident took place on November 23, 2010 when a sorcerer Ishwari Yadav, resident of Ruanbandha area in Bhilai, his wife Kiran, friends and disciples murdered his neighbour’s son Chirag to enhancing his “magic powers”.

Total 12 persons were named as accused in the police chargesheet, including four minors, of whom three were Yadav’s children.

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