Pakistan

Cannibal confesses to eating own children

Accused in Kohar Kalan cannibal case confesses to killing and eating two of own children.

Express April 05, 2011

One of the accused in the Kohar Kalan cannibal case on Tuesday confessed that he along with his aides had killed and eaten two of their own children.

Rana Farman, who is in police custody with three other people, gave a statement to the police confessing to eating the children.

Speaking to Express News, Station House Office (SHO) Fakhar Zaman said that the bones of the children had been recovered. He said that the accused persons had killed their sister in the name of honour three years ago, after which they had eaten her and ‘became addicted to human flesh’.

Police had arrested two middle-aged brothers from Kohar Kalan village on Sunday on suspicion of stealing and eating human flesh in an investigation into cannibalism.

The police had acted after the parents of 24-year-old woman, who had died of cancer, complained that her body had gone missing after the burial.

The brothers had confessed that they had been pulling bodies for the past year. The body of the girl was found with a missing leg, which the two men said had been eaten by them.

COMMENTS (48)

Nobody | 13 years ago | Reply @Zulfiqar: I notice at three separate points in your comment, you pointed the finger of immorality at women. Mind detailing the atrocities committed by men as well, or was your rant simply to point out how women are wrong in this immoral society? More to the point, while I agree society has become somewhat religiously laxed, I don't think that's the reason for cannibalism.

Azti | 13 years ago | Reply @ zulfiqar you my friend should be incinerated for your chauvinistic based views n yes you shud be,along with these mentally unstable people be scrutinized too since you too seem to harbour mental illness of grave issues, you need'nt bring religion or race or belief or anykind of demographic base into this conversation it exhibits your poor intuition and lack of humanity as others have said here it is a mental illness whether your a muslim or anything has no effect on your insanity so you my friends need to get your facts straight before you repute yourself a in plain and simple words incredibly stupid person

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sanjithmenon | 13 years ago | Reply This is a case of mental illness. Why invoke Allah and faith for this!

Raj | 13 years ago | Reply About ten years ago, there was a guy in Lahore who killed about one hundred boys. His plea was that he wanted to save them. A Lahore judge in his judgement wrote that the guy should be cut into 100 pieces and put in an acid drum. Please give me the moral of this story.

Faheed | 13 years ago | Reply Ya ALLAH hamain maaf krna or ham per rehm krna. ameen! If such people exist in our society then we should not feel proud to belong to a civilized society. This is not a civilized society where innocent girls are killed for honour, where innocent children are killed by their parents in fear of hunger, where brother kills brother for property, where sons and daughters kill parents for property, where a neighbour eats meal and the other remains hungry due to no money, where the children of the poor are forced to do labour instead of studies, where only offsprings of landlords and the rich are allowed to rule...........and where humans eat human,,,and their own children and sisters......... shame on us for being a part of this society,,,,, I am ashamed of myself and my countrymen who think we are civilized....plz plz. come back to humanity.....plz

rahila anwar | 13 years ago | Reply @ abu saad, @ austin listverse.com/2008/12/.../top-10-cases-of-human-cannibalism/ and even I have spend most part my life in UAE and I know one such case of cannibalism took place there in 80s...but if you live in UAE you should know that their media is controlled and you ll never see anything anywhere in news. And its not patriotism alone but also our being rational and world should not associate everything with government lapse due to some personal views , rather take an objective view.

austin | 13 years ago | Reply I agree with those who have said there is no law in pakistan.people should just refrain from such facebook update and blog oriented patriotism and accept the fact that pakistan is a banna republic and land of thugs

Abu Saad | 13 years ago | Reply @Happy Man: No, it totally wrong. There were no such cases registered of cannibalism in the UAE. I don't know who told u or from where u got this report. I have been leaving in the UAE. but I had not witnessed such case. Plz don't blame other countries. I know v r Pakistanis. But Wt? Here. no law, no democracy? Wt kind of govt here?

rahila anwar | 13 years ago | Reply One very important responsibilty of ours as being humans is that to recognise and identify such people in the society. As these type of people can exist anywhere , maybe even in our areas, in our neighbourshood, and imagine our children and ourself becoming their victim at the first opportunity they get. We as citizen and humans should not let the strange people undiscovered, thinking that it is not our responsibilty, in fact we should try to find out anybody or family around our vicinity if they act or appear different than normal people. Such as if they are misanthropes, and avoid society, don't go to pay visits, don't allow anybody to come to their homes and appear or do strange things than normal people. We should not think that they are psychos, because even if they are, they can be really harmful to you or someone close to you.

rahila anwar | 13 years ago | Reply This is completely disgusting act and inhumane, but I believe it has nothing to do with any geographical or religious boundaries, in fact it is reflection of complete inhumanity and selfishness. Even laws can't help if people are more inclined to being worst than animals can be. Now the question is why these animal like humans were not caught earlier and now when they are in custody so what actions should be taken? ....

Subhan Basha | 13 years ago | Reply Idi Amin of Uganda once admitted that he ate human flesh which tasted more saltish than leopards. Cannibalism was prevalent in ancient times in some countries. But the present case is of psychiatric problem. They require both psychologist and psychiatrist analysis and treatment. Meanwhile do not bring the region, religion, allah, and other foreign bodies into these tragic incidents.

Disco Molvi | 13 years ago | Reply Flashback 1999: Serial Killer Javed Iqbal, who had killed more than 100 children and disposed off their bodies vats of sulphuric acid, escaped justice by committing suicide, that too after he became a born again Muslim, while in prison. Present day: These cannibalistic monsters will escape justice the same way, and the public will refuse to admit something like this can happen in Pakistan; they'll bring forth examples from other countries to prove that such incidents are common all around the world so why the hubbub over it happening here, kind of like how they similarly defend Rape, Incest and Murder occurring in this country. @Zulfiqar: "There is a reason Allah (swt) gave use religion…it is to be able to differentiate between right and wrong." Even an atheist can differentiate between right and wrong, you don't necessarily need to be a Muslim to do so.

Khalid Rahim | 13 years ago | Reply Stop! wasting time on placing these cannibals in the dock to face the court. Execute them or you will have to kill children to keep feeding them till the court decides whether to hang them or give life imprisonment. That Idiot Qadri and his benefactors should be hunting such blasphemers.

Faris | 13 years ago | Reply Let's not make this an issue about culture, religion and Pakistan. Cannibalism is a mental sickness, so let's focus on that only. Such sickening behaviours exist in every part of the world, so please stop the tirade on how bad Pakistani society has become.

Jeddy | 13 years ago | Reply Since when eating a corpse become a crime?

Umair | 13 years ago | Reply @huh Well said.... Anti women moderate Muslim seems to have quiet a few similarities to the Taliban teachings... Perhaps if we search his house we may find explosives to kill innocent people, or hatred material or God knows what... I don't want to comment on his other comments... But this guy doesn't sound like within a moderate range of morality... With regards to our cannibal friends: this is likely to be a personality disorder, a mental sickness which can not be taken in the context of Pakistani culture or from a religious perspective. There have been cases of cannibalism in Austria, Germany, USA andany other countries and it is believed that it can be traced into certain African or Amazonian tribes and several other parts of the world.

Alam | 13 years ago | Reply So honor killing is gateway to cannibalism

JAWAD BIN EMAD | 13 years ago | Reply @Tasneem: kahan say pagal ho beta

Waqar | 13 years ago | Reply @bvindh: We are referring to cannibalism in it's broad sense, whether eating a corpse after killing it or after a human has died. Both are shocking and sickening. There were three documentaries made about the sect that I have alluded to, one by the National Geographic, another I believe by the BBC and the other one which incidentally was the only one to film a person eating a corpse after exhuming it. This documentary was made by Director Sandeep Singh. The documentary was called '“Feeding on the Dead”. The small cult are the Aghori Sadhus of Northern India. Hope this 'enlightens' you. This is not an attack on any race, religion or society at large.

Zulfiqar | 13 years ago | Reply @huh...Well, to these guys cannibalism is normal...They have been doing it for years...Yet they have Muslim names...They find nothing wrong with it...It was part of their habit and lifestyle... In case you failed to draw a comparison and went on your rant without looking into the fact that what I was trying to say was that a woman going on a date was unthinkable 50 even up to 30 years ago...But today, it is an accepted fact...beck then the only time you went on a 'date' was when you hired a prostitute and went out with her...But now due to habit, it has become an acceptable norm...And like Veena Malik (another comparison which will elucidate if you failed to notice) will defend their actions...So will homosexuals...So will those engaged in bestiality... My response was to take a long deep look at our actions and see where we stand as Muslims...No one wants to acquire the habit of Salat...But we all want to acquire the worst that society has to offer... As for your snide remark at me being a Mullah, I don't blame you...You have been trained to think like that regarding Muslims who are traditional...You have been acclimated and habituated into thinking that way and your hatred (incinerator remark) is indicative of that...Your impotent rage at my being a Muslim is a sign that you are an intolerant and ignorant person...Get over it...You cannot put me in the incinerator...For that you might need a couple, which judging from your post, is not really plausible...

Large | 13 years ago | Reply @Bvindh Its understandable that when it comes to a Hindu king it becomes irrelevant for you. Nonetheless, it is shocking to find out such psychos exist today.

Ayesha | 13 years ago | Reply They were mentally ill , we cant blame govt for sick people..i've heard it before about chinese and phillipines do such acts.I think its the first case in the history of Pakistan.Its too horrible.Allah save this country from such incidents.Ameen.

Mirza | 13 years ago | Reply "The accused persons had killed their sister in the name of honor three years ago, after which they had eaten her and ‘became addicted to human flesh’." For me the root cause lies with our immoral cultural values which permits in the name of honor to kill innocent people, It is observed that those unfortunate people who got subjected to this immoral practices had done nothing wrong,It is callous and greedy attitude of killer,which leads to an early grave for the victim. This episode of terror should further be structnize by the Government and people involved in such activities should be dealt with strict laws and speedy justic. MAY GOD BLESS US ALL.

Jumbo Jutt | 13 years ago | Reply Its has happened every where in the world and also proven its mental illness... nothing to do with law enforcement, culture, DATING (Pagal jahil molvi) or any thing. 1st check them up with any good Psycartist and later punsih them for their deeds..we should know what made them doing this?

bvindh | 13 years ago | Reply @Waqar: Brilliant. Now what is the name of that sect? And do they actually kill people? Which society are they part of? Enlighten us please.

A | 13 years ago | Reply @Habib: In Pakistan, there is no law enforcement.

Mirza | 13 years ago | Reply This reminds me of the news not too long ago, where it was a business to extract fat from the dead animals and mix it with edible fats and sell in the market. If my memory serves me right it was near Lahore. I can recall that once in a week or two we used to see a dead animal (cow, donkey, etc.) at the corner of a street in trash. Those days have long gone, now a dead animal is not so cheap to be thrown in the trash. We eat almost everything that we can from an animal. We love to eat intestines, testicles, brains, liver, lung, heart, kidneys, and other sex organs. Not too many people eat these kinds of organs in the world. Mirza, USA

Pakistani who uses Common Sense | 13 years ago | Reply pakistani's also being as stupid as they are - focus first on Punishment, where as intelligence would tell you that focus should be on MENTAL ILLNESS. punishing someone is not going to cure their mental illness. the people are in need of MEDICAL HELP not PUNISHMENT. punishment is for people who rob, or steal or what not, you cannot apply the same concepts here.

MS | 13 years ago | Reply Matlab ka marna ka baad bhi one is not safe from abuse.

Zulfiqar | 13 years ago | Reply There is a reason Allah (swt) gave use religion...it is to be able to differentiate between right and wrong...Today, we see a lot of immoral habits of so-called Muslims in out nation...Drinking has become common, dating has become common, killing, murders and every crime imaginable is happening and being done by those who consider themselves 'Muslims'... The truth is that once something bad becomes a part of you, then it is a part of you, despite it being wrong...A girl who goes on a date will do it because it is a part of her...The honour and restrictions that our faith and culture places on Muslims, cease to exist...They are overcome by desire which later becomes habit...And a habit like and addiction will be defended with utmost zeal by the person who commits it...Veena Malik vehemently defended her actions and attributed it to Islam...Saying she was massaging that Indian man's body as a selfless act of service to humanity...lol...A drug addict will support his addiction... We as Muslims need to study our actions...As our Noble Holy Prophet (saw) said: "If you have no shame then do what you wish..."(sahih) There is a difference between animals and humans...Animals walk around naked, human beings cover themselves...But our ladies seem to be devolving fast and furious in trying to be fashionable thanks to the Indian movies...

Waqar | 13 years ago | Reply @bvindh: In contemporary 21st century there is a certain sect of the Indian subcontinent that practices cannibalism as part of their rituals.

Samrah | 13 years ago | Reply screw Pakistani laws! I can't believe i live in a country where crime doesn't have a punishment but whoever doesn't commit one doesn't have an easy life. Kya hai yaar ye? I'm so sick of all this. You know i like our moderate society but sometimes i wonder if we're just oing to be better if the laws here were as strict as KSA. Fine, we'll not be modern enough then but if crime gets what it deserves,so isn't that okay?

bvindh | 13 years ago | Reply @Nurmomad: Ancient case of king of Gilgit is irrelevant in the context of cannibalism practiced in the contemporary 21st century pure modern Islamic society of Pakistan.

Realist | 13 years ago | Reply @ Nurmomad Yes, I agree. It is very intriguing. Sounds like a zombie outbreak, doesn't it?

Sumair | 13 years ago | Reply Ya Allah rehem...

Ramzan+Ali | 13 years ago | Reply All I can say this is all happening lack of literacy....... Our govt is involved in begging in from of rich countries not considering of giving better education to the people of Pakistan.

PakCricFanatic | 13 years ago | Reply Laws are in place but need to be implemented.

Nasir | 13 years ago | Reply Ufff... I cannot believe that such kind of people exists in this world. Totally Shocking.

SA | 13 years ago | Reply @Happy Man: Could you please provide the details of those cases? Or links reporting them??

Indian USA | 13 years ago | Reply Let's not make it a cultural issue..this kind of cases pop up everywhere..

hussain syed | 13 years ago | Reply @Sickening: Well said. People often ignore the fact that crimes usually have many psychological and social factors that incline them to happen. It's not about "good and bad"... LOL.

Tasneem | 13 years ago | Reply Oh my God.. Unbelievable!! Only one question comes to my mind here, do we humans only act on instincts, is there nothing like Good or Bad? Right or Wrong?.... This isn't about Country, Religion, Culture.... Its about BEING HUMAN... These men represent us!! Where the hell did we go wrong...?? WRONG-->do we even agree on the "same" definition of this word...??

Ali Haider | 13 years ago | Reply This sucks big time!!!

Sickening | 13 years ago | Reply @Habib No laws in the world could help mend such psychotic behavior. There is a SEVERE penalty for murder, rape and other crimes on the same level yet they take place on a very regular basis. It is almost ignorant to say that if a law was in place to punish cannibalism it would not take place.

Nurmomad | 13 years ago | Reply These are fringe cases, which need to be studied scientifically. An ancient king of Gilgit by the name of Shri Badat is also believed to have been a human eater. Disgusting and intriguing, simultaneously !

Happy Man | 13 years ago | Reply @Habib: Last year almost 5 cases were registered of cannibalism in UAE despite your so called strict law, and this year in the first four months, 2 more cases have been registered. Its not about the countries, its about the Humanity here. If one doesn't have sense he will do it without being bounded or feared by Law. So please stop cursing the country for an individual's action.

Habib | 13 years ago | Reply The main problem is that in Pakistan there is no horrible punishment for horrible crimes. You can take the example of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait where these kind of crimes are almost not existed because of horrible punishment in the state laws. But, in our country every kind of crime exist without any fear by the culprits.

wahab | 13 years ago | Reply OMG!!

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