The accused advised police the sufferer used to do occult practices (Representational)
Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh:
A 62-year-old man was bludgeoned to demise allegedly by his cousin on suspicion of doing occult follow to kill him, police stated on Sunday.
The incident occurred in Bharhki village on Saturday afternoon. Indrajit Pathak, who’s bodily challenged, was taking a shower close to a hand pump outdoors his home when his cousin Mahendra Nath Pathak (54) got here there and attacked him with a thick picket block, they stated.
As a result of repeated assault, Indrajit fell to the bottom and began bleeding profusely. Listening to the commotion, the sufferer’s daughter Aanchal, who can also be bodily challenged, got here outdoors however her uncle fled, police stated.
Superintendent of Police Meenakshi Katyayan stated the villagers and police rushed Indrajit to the district hospital. On Sunday, he was referred to a trauma centre in Varanasi, the place he died.
Throughout interrogation, Mahendra advised the police that Indrajit used to do occult practices and was planning to kill him, she stated.
The accused claimed about 14 years in the past Indrajit carried out some ’tantra’ on his son attributable to which he died. Mahendra requested his cousin to cease practising the occult however he didn’t agree so he killed him, the SP stated.
Based mostly on Aanchal’s criticism, a case below sections 304 (culpable murder not amounting to homicide), 504 (intentional insult with intent to impress breach of the peace) and 506 (legal intimidation) of the IPC has been registered and Mahendra was arrested, police stated.
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