bloody superstition: man beheads his 10 yrs old grand child

The killer-grand father was crazy to sprinkle the human blood in his field to increase his yield. So he collected blood by hacking his innocent grand daughter. He would sow the blood stained-seeds on Monday (akhi tritiya) to appease the god of land as he was believed his production would increase once he pleased the ‘god of land’ with human blood. The accused had confessed before the Jamenkira police during interrogation on Monday.
“It was a strange but he confessed that he killed his grand daughter as he was in need of human blood to appease the land of god. So he hacked her and collected blood. But he does not regret what he did as it was part of his rituals to please the god”, the additional Superintendent of police (Sambalpur) Mr. Labakant Rana told.
Mr. Rana has been to the spot on Monday afternoon to take a stock of the incident and to review the progress of the investigation. Police have registered a case u/s 302 IPC and handed over the body of the deceased to the family after completion of autopsy on Monday evening. “It was a gloomy day in our village as no body was believed such a happening in our village”, a villager of the Adhpather told. The body of the girl was cremated on Monday night.
According to the sources the accused was having a grocery shop in the village and he was quite familiar to every one. “We never thought such a sick-mind was living inside him. It could happen to any of our children as they were often going to his shop”, he added.

It may be mentioned here that on Sunday a 55 years old man Rajesh Hembrum of Adhpather under Jamenkira police of the district had beheaded his grand daughter Bernika Kandulana (10) with an axe and collected the blood in a steel bowl. He than packed the beheaded body in a bag and tried to mix the blood with the seeds kept in a bag. But his wife shouted after coming back to the house. The nearby villagers assembled there hearing her scram and nabbed the accused. The police rushed to the spot and arrested the accused.
Irony of the fact is that the accused family had adopted Christianity and regularly going to church for prayer. Even on the day of the incident the victim girl had been to Church with her uncle. She was reading in class 4th and going to church regularly. She was residing with her grand parents. Victim was the daughter of Silbina, the daughter of the accused. Silbina got remarried after the death of her husband 4 years back.
“In tribal community such things are not new. They have their own faith and beliefs and they continue to perform their traditional rituals even after the conversion”, a church father told.
However the incident has created a shiver among the villagers who demanded immediate punishment to the accused for his barbaric act. “He should be hanged immediately for his heinous act” a villager told.
On the other hand the police have no other choice than to book him under 302 section of Indian penal code. “Since there is no special provision in the IPC for such cases, he will be trailed like a killer”, The Addl. SP Mr. Rana added.