CHILD WARNING Nuapada, a farmer "sacrificed" his 11-year-old nephew

It is weird that narabali, meaning human sacrifice, is still practiced in the 21th century in some rural areas of India. And so is its worst form- child sacrifice. In superstition, the soul is believed to be inside the brain, human blood is regarded to be able to make the land have a better harvest, and children are considered to be "purer" than adults. Therefore, incidents of chopping off young children's heads are not very rarely heard in human sacrifice news reports.

On June 8, 2019, a 48-year-old farmer Chintamani Majhi hacked off his 11-year-old nephew Dhansing Majhi's head on the farm at Jadamunda village under the Komna police limits in Nuapada district, Odisha. Dhansing Majhi along with his brother had gone to the farmland at around 11 am when the culprit Chintamani Majhi lured Dhansing to his field and struck off the nephew's head with a billhook. Dhansing's brother, who was watching the incident from a distance, screamed for help and villagers gathered at the spot. On intimation, the police reached the farm and arrested the accused. Chintamani confessed that he sacrificed his nephew for Choru, a local term referring to sacrifice offered to deities for bountiful harvest before the start of the new cropping season.

Unlike Jamui's Saurabh, Dhansing had a pain death, as part of the skin of his back head was also hacked off.

Unfortunately, there was another child sacrifice case in the same police limits of Komna in 2017. The victim was an 8-year-old girl.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5047229/Father-decapitates-eight-year-old-daughter-axe.html

A father decapitated his eight-year-old daughter with an axe after a sorcerer told him it would save his troubled marriage.Police arrested father-of-four Ramacharan Paharia after they found his daughter Jamuna's headless body in Odisha, India.

Officers claim he consulted a sorcerer who suggested he sacrifice his daughter from his first marriage to stop his second wife from abandoning him. Paharia took his daughter to a nearby crop field and hacked her head off, police say. The incident allegedly happened on October 26 but police were only informed on

Thursday and went to Nuapada district of Odisha where they arrested him. Tapan Kumar Mahanand, investigating officer in the case, said: 'Ramcharan was a firm believer in black magic and sorcery.'

'There was an ongoing dispute in the family. It is believed Paharia consulted a sorcerer and sought his help to restore peace in the family.'

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Komna: In a shocking incident, a man beheaded his eight-year-old daughter after being convinced by a sorcerer to fulfil his wish to retain a wife. The accused, Ramchan Paharia, 36, was produced in a court for murder. The court remanded him in custody after rejecting his bail pleas, IIC Tapan Kumar Mahanand said.

The incident was reported from Dhakunpani, a remote village surrouned by Sunabeda sanctuary, 60-km from Komna police station in Nuapada district.

Ramchan, son of Jayram Paharia and Kosmibai, had married a girl of the village 17 years back. However, within a month of marriage, his wife deserted him. After a year, he married another woman through whom they had a daughter, Jamuna, 8. However, the second wife also eloped with a youth of the village.

Ramchan who did not lose hope, married a third time. This time, however, the couple gave birth to two sons. His wife did not like her step-daughter Jamuna which led to bickering between the couple. Apprehending, his wife might desert him, Ramchan approached a sorcerer.

The witch doctor, reportedly, advised him to sacrifice Jamuna. Then, naïve Ramchan hatched a plan to eliminate Jamuna. Accordingly, he took the girl to a forest where he beheaded her with an axe.

On learning about the incident, locals caught hold of Ramchan and beat him up before calling the police. Ramchan then confessed to killing Jamuna for fear of losing his wife. Investigations are underway.