Four year old boy sacrificed

A 35-year old man, Tirumala Rao, abducted Manu Sagar, a four-year-old boy as he walked home from nursery and beheaded in a gruesome “human sacrifice” in a ritual dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali, in Parkasam, a rural village in Andhra Pradesh in Southern India. He was alleged to be seeking “divine powers”.  CH Srikanth, the Local police chief believes Rao strangled the boy before chopping his head off as they found rope at the scene. “ this is the first of its kind incident in Parkasam district. Once Rao recovers, he will be subjected to intense questioning after examining his mental condition by a psychiartrist.”

Villagers in Pokuru village, attempted to lynch Mr Rao by tying him to a pole and sprinkling kerosene on him and setting him on fire. Village elders rescued him and took him to hospital with 40 per cent burns.