Bareilly,

Oct 27 (HS): A four-year-old child was reportedly slain by her aunt and a

'tantrik' as part of black magic rites in the district. Officials

said on Sunday that the duo had been apprehended. Police discovered the girl's

death inside her aunt's home after receiving a missing person complaint from

her family, they said. Misty went missing from her house in Shikarpur Chaudhary

village on Saturday, and her family filed a complaint with the Izzat Nagar

police station.

Savitri,

the aunt,'s behaviors were determined to be suspicious when she

refused to allow anybody to enter her home, according to police, who utilized

CCTV video from the vicinity.

Police

invaded her home and discovered Misty's body stashed in a bag near a borewell.

Senior

Superintendent of Police Anurag Arya stated that preliminary investigations

indicated that the murder was motivated by black magic rituals done by Savitri

and her uncle Ganga Ram, a 'tantrik'. The two, who are suspected of engaging in

occult activities, reportedly sacrificed the innocent youngster as part of

their nefarious rituals, according to the SSP. Police

have submitted the body for a post-mortem and initiated an investigation into

the case.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi