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Minor boy beheaded in human sacrifice ritual, body chopped into pieces in Silvassa | Ahmedabad News
SILVASSA: A nine-year-old boy is kidnapped and decapitated as part of a ritual “sacrifice” for wealth and his body is then chopped into pieces, Dadra and Nagar Haveli police said Wednesday.
Two men were arrested and a teenage boy was detained last week after a headless body was found near a canal in Vapi, Valsad district, neighboring Gujarat.
The nine-year-old boy went missing in the village of Sayli in the Dadra and Nagar Haveli (DNH) districts of the Union Territory on December 29, then a kidnapping was registered at the Silvassa police station on December 30, police said. One release.
While multiple groups were found to track down the boy, a headless body matching his description was found in Vapi, about 30 kilometers from Silvassa, the headquarters of the DNH district, police said.
While the body was found in a canal in Vapi, body parts, suspected to be those of the victim, were found in the village of Sayli, where the ritual was performed, an official said. He added that the body parts have been sent for forensic examination.
“The investigation led the police to a young man. He revealed that he had kidnapped the victim on December 29, 2022, from the village of Sayli and murdered him as a sacrifice with help. of accomplices,” police said.
A murder case has been registered.
Police said the interrogation of the detained juvenile helped police recover the weapon used in the case.
The boy in custody revealed that his friend Shailesh Kohkera (28) helped him kill the victim, police said.
“He said Ramesh Sanwar was also part of the conspiracy. Sanwar incited the detainee and Shailesh Kohkera to perform human sacrifices in the hope of obtaining monetary benefits,” it said.
After that, Kohkera and Sanvar were tracked down and arrested on January 3.
Police said the young man worked as a butcher in a chicken shop in Sayli village. He is from Karjan village in Kaprada Taluka of Tapi district in Gujarat.
He has been sent to the observer in Surat and further investigation is underway.
Police said a team of 100 officers was formed and assigned different tasks to solve the case after the headless body was found in Vapi.
(With input from PTI)
Two men were arrested and a teenage boy was detained last week after a headless body was found near a canal in Vapi, Valsad district, neighboring Gujarat.
The nine-year-old boy went missing in the village of Sayli in the Dadra and Nagar Haveli (DNH) districts of the Union Territory on December 29, then a kidnapping was registered at the Silvassa police station on December 30, police said. One release.
While multiple groups were found to track down the boy, a headless body matching his description was found in Vapi, about 30 kilometers from Silvassa, the headquarters of the DNH district, police said.
While the body was found in a canal in Vapi, body parts, suspected to be those of the victim, were found in the village of Sayli, where the ritual was performed, an official said. He added that the body parts have been sent for forensic examination.
“The investigation led the police to a young man. He revealed that he had kidnapped the victim on December 29, 2022, from the village of Sayli and murdered him as a sacrifice with help. of accomplices,” police said.
A murder case has been registered.
Police said the interrogation of the detained juvenile helped police recover the weapon used in the case.
The boy in custody revealed that his friend Shailesh Kohkera (28) helped him kill the victim, police said.
“He said Ramesh Sanwar was also part of the conspiracy. Sanwar incited the detainee and Shailesh Kohkera to perform human sacrifices in the hope of obtaining monetary benefits,” it said.
After that, Kohkera and Sanvar were tracked down and arrested on January 3.
Police said the young man worked as a butcher in a chicken shop in Sayli village. He is from Karjan village in Kaprada Taluka of Tapi district in Gujarat.
He has been sent to the observer in Surat and further investigation is underway.
Police said a team of 100 officers was formed and assigned different tasks to solve the case after the headless body was found in Vapi.
(With input from PTI)
