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_{Published by: Arslan Sharif}
^{Published on: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 at 13:35 IST}

Chhattisgarh: 10 yr old beheaded to obtain divine powers

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Raipur: A psycho tantrik named Dilip Rathia sacrificed a 10 year old boy, Praveen in order to obtain 'divine powers'. He was arrested on Thursday on allegedly beheading the boy in yet another case of human sacrifice in Chhattisgarh.

Superintendent of Police, Neha Pandey told reporters that Praveen went missing since February 5 and whose torso was found on Feb 20 in Punjipathra in Raigarh district. She said the accused confessed he killed the boy because a deity appeared in his dream and asked him to behead the boy to obtain "divine powers".

Police have seized the sword used in the killing. The accused and the deceased family belong to the same village Barpali, some 250 km from state capital Raipur.

Chhattisgarh's vast backward rural areas throw up human sacrifice cases now and then. A seven-year-old girl was "sacrificed" in Bijapur in December by two men who felt the killing would lead to better harvest.

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