5 arrested over human sacrifice at Indian temple
Shanti Shaw, 64, was killed and decapitated with a machete in 2019 after visiting the temple in Guwahati
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Shanti Shaw, 64, was killed and decapitated with a machete in 2019 after visiting the temple in Guwahati
World News - GUWAHATI, India – Indian police have arrested five men accused of conducting a human sacrifice, nearly four years after the discovery of the victim’s headless body at a Hindu temple left officers baffled. Ms Shanti Shaw, 64, was killed and decapitated with a machete in... Read more at www.tnp.sg
Arrests follow discovery four years ago of woman’s headless body at Hindu temple in Guwahati
Ritual killings are meant to appease deities and are more common in tribal and remote areas.
A human sacrifice took place near the Joy Durga Mandir on the Kamakhya temple premises on the eve of the Ambubachi Mela in the intervening night of June 18 and 19, 2019.