The body of Lalita Tati was found in October one week after her family reported her missing.
"A seven-year-old girl was sacrificed by two persons superstitiously believing that the act would give a better harvest," Narayan Das, the police chief of Bijapur district, told AFP by telephone.
The two men were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of killing the girl and offering her liver to the gods in a grisly tribal ceremony. Police said the men had confessed to the crime.
The girl was murdered in a jungle district of Chhattisgarh that is a stronghold of rebel Maoists who have tapped into disaffection among local tribal groups.
Human sacrifices occasionally make headlines in deeply religious and superstitious India, and usually occur in poor areas where some people revere practitioners of black magic.
Two suspected child sacrifices were reported in Chhattisgarh in 2010, while in the same year the decapitated body of a factory worker was found in a temple in the eastern state of West Bengal.
The victims are often ritually killed by witchdoctors to appease gods, spirits or deities.
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@Cautious: but can you name another country where they sacrifice their children
It does not go by country, it goes by variously named "superstitions" aka "religions"; and by that token nobody can claim monopoly in cruelty.
Scriptural references can be very easily looked up to make the point. To quote only one, only as example & meaning no disrespect, please look up Sefer Shoftim-Book of Judges 11:31-40 to see how even a personage declared as Man of Faith made burnt offerings of his own daughter to propitiate a Deity. Be it thanksgiving in war or supplication for crops, the underlying superstition and the nature of human greed are the same; only the labels differ.
@KKJ The day Indians stopped migrating to other countries, we will consider it an emerged nation
People emigrate all the time from every country. I have hired interns from Germany, Greece etc for my company, does that make Germany less developed?
@Mehboobs. Yes crime exists in all countries -- but can you name another country where they sacrifice their children to get their crops to grow? Sounds like something out of a Steven King horror novel.
@MS-Mariya Suhail: Chill !! you will be surely invited to see my cremation , in the meanwhile i hope your grave is not dug up by the grave diggers who love digging up women's graves for you know what...
A crime has been committed, which is punishable under Section 302 of IPC. Courts may pass a death sentence if guilt is proven. Only that matters. So far as religions go, IMO, there is little to choose between one set of superstitions and another-some are organised,some aren't; some are codified,some are inherited; some are tribal mumbo-jumbo and some are hocus-pocus of the pretenders, all serving some blood-thirsty Deity or the other. It is silly to compare them to claim superiority keeping this sad event as a backdrop.
It is very easy to start listing inhuman & cruel practices of most religions or of their adherents. Not to detract anything from the utter ghastliness of the news under debate, would it anyway have been less of a brutal act if a cute little goat was sacrificed or a turkey stuffed, instead of the hapless girl, in the name of yet another god? Or, would superstition be anyway less gruesome if instead of taking life it was 'given' by a holy person (!) ritually impregnating hundreds of girls as commanded to do so by his Mentor?
@MS-Mariya Suhail:
You cannot avoide comments from Indians as long as we have access to it. You can see any online paper for that matter including The chinese Daily, Indians comments will be there. The reason is out of 700 billion of world population 120 billion are Indians.
@MS-Mariya Suhail
utter nonsense that sati and caste is not part of your religion. I can provide you 11 links to prove my point
I can provide 22 links that any religion is a devil cult does that make it true?? but it does speak volumes of your sheer ignorance lol
It is sickening to see people arguing on this forum putting aside the real issue of a sick act. Can we condemn darkness and ignorance without getting into lameness??? Can we feel for the suffering without a mask of religion or citizenship??? Can we stop dishonouring the affected souls by blunting the ruthlessness of crime against them with pathetic commenting??? Can we feel sorry for the little child sacrificed mercilessly instead of tit for tat commenting?????
@MS-Mariya Suhail:
Talking of ignorance, how knowledgeable are you about the Maoists, their power structure , political/economic/social background, ideological basis and spread?
@All above,
Crime exists in every part of the world. can you name one country where there is no crime? Moreover, culprits are behind the bars already as soon as incident come to light.
@wise counsel.: Love how ignorant you are about your own downfall. Here is a glimpse of it before your dark evil face turns blue! Do invite me to witness your bonfire(when they burn you after death)
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501712_162-57336275/maoist-rebels-kill-11-in-attacks-in-eastern-india/
@Adarsh You're right, but same applies to Indian trolls.
@Ajm:
Yes! And then India too will become the land of milk and honey that Pakistan right now is
@Ajm: Looks like you wud be down to 3 province anytime soon..Balochistan is waiting to scoot!!..like bangladesh...
No soul deep inside India. Who are these Indians?? Some kind of Monsters? Wonder what else goes on . . . .They project a fake face to the world and to the foolish and ignorant. Only Pakistan knows their reality!
@Adarsh: Hey that is actually Indian friends do whenever there is a bad news about Pakistan!! This comment of yours shows that it hurts but do you guys realize that when it's your turn????
@Maria.....Right on Spot.....
@MS-Mariya Suhail:
Show me one Hindu text that preaches the above social evils. FYI, sati came into existence to avoid dishonor of Hindu women from onslaught of Muslim hordes. That's why its more extant in Northwestern borders of present day India.
The criminals will be brought to justice and I can assure that they will not be showered with rose petals.
@al: If you think feudalism does not exist in India your are mistaken Social ills ? This is a fundamental problem of your society and happens all the time In pakisan nothing like this happens And in Pakistan the govt works to end such thing never promotes u know noting
i wonder if all those who are commenting on look at real INDIA n blah blah are reading something called RELATED STORIES given right beside the article...
there are worst things happening everywhere....y talk about india and pak ONLY??...one country where theres large population bt there are no social evils??....can u name one??
guys these things keep happening...the point is that how is it dealt with.....
I am ashamed to be Indian, from now one I will pretend to be Pakistani
This why Islam is a gift and needs to be spread thought out India , then India can be the 6th province of Pakistan , Kashmir being the 5th
People are a little too eager to jump on the whole of India about it. Anyone sacrificing a person and offering their liver has to be far separated from any society in the world today no matter where they technically reside. That doesn't happen unless you're extremely insane or extremely separated.
@Hamid who says "Welcome to the real face of india. The so-called “emerging power”.
Real face of India are our burgeoning middle class and not this (compare 300 million to 1 here).
Real face of India is our progressing space research and not this (compare 300 million to 1 here).
Real face of India is our growing software industry (compare several million to 1 here).
Rea; face of India is our sustained democracy (compare 64 years to 1 person here).
By the way, we are not an emerging power. We have emerged!
@Antanu who says "Both India and Pakistan are on same page when it comes to social evils and have no right to ridicule each other on this matter. "
Not at all Antanu alias Anees Ahmed.
India is progressing towards wherever the time takes it to. Pakistan is regressing towards medeival period.
What is wrong with Pakistanis...
Barbarism, in India, is usually cases of deranged people. It's not sanctioned by the law (like Hudood or Blasphemy law) nor is it sanctioned by religious authorities (like Hafeez Saeeds).
How pathetic that Pakistanis do not understand the difference between a culture (like Hara-Kori, honour killing, Jihad) and individual cases.
Let's all be certain to support freedom of religion. It's what God wants !!!
India and Pakistan both have social evils. The difference is, in India, the government tries to deal with the issue while in Pakistan, the government is a willing participant. That's why India abolished feudalism and has no blasphemy laws unlike Pakistan.
@Someone: Hahah! Well said brother. Thats exactly would have happend. These frustrated indians (except antanu ) actually get ecstasy and joy on bad news emanating out of Pakistan.
@you said it: your statements are just statements without any facts. Why is harming children a crime? And why do these people deserve to be in Hell? Dude, I am not convinced.
ISI did it.................................And yes we are also for the excessive cow farts across the border.
@ISI: Neighbors do not like to do own house cleaning. This is nothing new....they was always very" eastern bloc" Ask your elders. They radio stations used to air weirdest stories probably written in east Germany and name/places changed to Pakistan. LOL No idea why ET would publish/expose centuries old rituals that happen unreported everyday in rural india.
@MS-Mariya Suhail: stop being hyperbole,you almost seem to be rejoicing this incident.It is as unfortunate as the killing of people in name of blasphemy.Blame people,not the religion.
@MS-Mariya Suhail: Hinduism preaches none of these -- its core teaching is only about the law of Karma. The authenticity of this news item has already been disputed. Regardless, if one act were representative of a whole religion, then all the suicide attacks, attacks on Shia/Hazara, Baloch killings, etc would condemn every peace-loving muslim. Fortunately, the merit of a religion has nothing do with the actions of its followers.
@MS-Mariya Suhail: Apa, I am glad that we now know the true face of our neighbors who are so " so called self righteous". A good free lesson for our lot!
This is a made up new to defame shinning India.
NO this news is fake. We are advanced people.
Any act that harms a child is undoubtedly evil. These superstitious fools in India or the politically motivated jihadists who train children as suicide bombers in Pakistan -- they are all a blight on earth and belong in hell.
@cruel incident: wipe out?? Your religion preaches sati, caste system and human offerings to god...so you will get rid of your religion??? That would be a blessing!
If this happened in Pakistan, guaranteed there would've been nearly 1000 comments (with 99% being Indian) villifying every Pakistani out there.
@Adarsh: @wise counsel.: @cruel incident:
Shame on you guys for coming on our sites frequently and making fun of dead pakistanis but trying to act pious now. We have not gone on your sites ever and made fun of the many horror stories like below.
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=16284
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,353348,00.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13835838''
Your comments on our sites and above incidents show your evil side and barbaric religion.
Indians are ashamed! We dont claim to be a land of the pure, but we do come from a land of spirutuality and non-violence and when we have wronged, we bow in silence and let the shame run through us.The silence may be deafening but its our moment of retreat and refection! We will be back to point out the impurities soon enough.
@HRo: yaa, its much secular than yours but at the same time, its much big also, so may take time to be 100% secular. @MM: no need to feel sorry or sympathy from people like you. we will/may be or may not be a superpower, and don't care, but will be a major player. you may use this incident to counter your 1000s of such incidents. @Hamid: pakis celebrating with extreme mental *, @y: they are not representing anything, bur because of those tribal persons' utter ignorance, illiteracy, and lack of proper education. and we will wipe out these kind of incidents.
An efficient way to get rid of unwanted children.
How exactly is this any different from abortion of an unwanted pregnancy? No different at all, except that in womb the fetus is aborted, here a 7 year old child.
Welcome to the real face of india. The so-called "emerging power".
lol both pakistan and india are on same page ha!
If some illiterate lunatic tribes do something crazy it doesnt mean all Indians are superstitious & crazy. Nobody can completely stop such things. It will continue as long as illiteracy & backwardness are there. Atleast Indian police has immediately taken action & arrested the culprits
Emerging superpower who occasional delves in the occult - or perhaps a primitive 3'rd World country that has superstitious tendencies. Read some nasty things about Pakistan but nothing that compares to this.
and this is the super duper power of the future....... feeling sry for that young soul....
How backwards can one be? Hard to imagine that anyone believes in such things as gods and human sacrifices. Religion is mental slavery for the masses, guaranteed to make you dumb.
here paki friends are generalizing these actions of some illiterate, uneducated ignorants as whole Indians,
Barbarism and Ignorance at peak! May the darkness ends from every corner of this world. Aameen
well...It is the curse of Education...Being Educated is good for society and it has nothing to do with secular image of country .It is just an example of lack of education. Nothing to argue in this .
Look the biggest secular state ....err
How sick! Barbarism exists on each side of the border. Indian trolls welcome to refute this.
Then again Pakistani "peers" are not very different. This should end; the educated should act!
Where are the Indian trolls again?
Its a sorry fact guys. Thats what i keep pointing in my comments.Both India and Pakistan are on same page when it comes to social evils and have no right to ridicule each other on this matter. My comments have raised doubt about my nationality and religious beliefs but this is a small price one pays for speaking truth.
Really sad but The silence from indian commentators, who always start jumping on reports of attrocities in pakistan, is deafening!
The verey actual face of ENDIA Indian trolls have to sa some thing here.