Rajasthan: Tantrik arrested for murder of 11-year-old in Alwar
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Jaipur: Police in Alwar district of Rajasthan on Tuesday arrested a tantrik for the murder of an 11-year-old boy whose body was found with one ear, nose and nails chopped off.
The boyâs family had alleged that he was murdered for a human sacrifice by the tantrik but police have ruled out human sacrifice as the motive behind the murder.
The 16-year-old tantrik was arrested from Nawali village in Malakhera town of Alwar district, 150 km from the state capital Jaipur.
Alwar SP Tejaswini Gautam told reporters that the tantrik had confessed to his crime after sustained questioning. The tatnrik said he had taken the boy to a field on Saturday on the pretext of showing him some dead peacocks. At the farm, the tantrik strangulated the boy.