Panipat: In a barbaric incident, a girl was sacrificed by a man in Panipat of Haryana. The girl's family hails from Uttar Pradesh and migrated to Panipat recently to eke out their livelihood. According to police, they arrested a man for abducting, raping and murdering the minor as part of an occult performed during the night on Diwali. The Panipat police said that the accused confessed to committing the heinous crime and admitted that he killed the girl in ‘human sacrifice’ to become proficient in occultism.
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The accused was identified as Yogesh aka Shiv Kumar, a resident of Yamunanagar, and was living in Panipat in a rented place. He was arrested from Howrah railway station of Kolkata on Thursday, police said. Panipat superintendent of police Shashank Kumar Sawan said the accused was booked for rape and murder and an FIR has been registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. He was produced in a court in Panipat and remanded to police custody for five days.
During the interrogation, the accused disclosed that he was learning occultism by watching YouTube videos and he kidnapped the girl on October 24 when she went to purchase firecrackers. Later, raped and strangled her to death. In the meantime, he returned to his place. The next morning, the body of the minor was found behind a cremation ground. To mislead the police, the accused accompanied the girl’s family members to search for the girl and fled the city on October 25. He boarded a train to Kolkata from Old Delhi railway station on October 26, Sawan said.
