Child Sacrifice case: Three accused produced in court

Child Sacrifice case: Three accused produced in court

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, December 18: The three accused in Child sacrifice case were produced in the court on Saturday, December 18. They have been remanded to judicial custody. 

 

 

Culprits: Kamalaksha Purusha (72) , Chandrakala (28) and Madhava Purusha (78)

 

It may be recalled that a three year old girl child studying at KPT anganavadi was killed in an apparent sacrifice as part of a black-magic ritual under Kadri Police station limits on Friday, December 17. The Child was brutally killed by Kamalaksha and Chandrakala, a resident of Sharabatkatte for their black magic practice. On interrogation, Chandrakala, one of the culprits, revealed that they have grabbed Priyanka from her house and sacrificed to please the diety.  After killing they dumped her in a plantation at Sharbatkatte, she revealed.

Chandrakala said that, she called Priyanka to her house between 2.30 pm and 3 pm on Thursday. The girl child was never spotted thereafter. The parents searched for Priyanka in the evening and that led them to question Chandralekha about her whereabouts. Late in the evening, the distraught parents approached the police at the Kadri Police Station after Chandralekha insisted that the child had left her house a long time ago.

A police team launched a search, but failed to trace the girl. The police subsequently questioned Chandrakala.

On Friday morning, she confessed that her alleged step father Kamalaksha Purusha (72), a tantrik,  had strangulated the child on Thursday evening in a ritual, according to DCP Ramesh.  She later led the police to a plantation where the child’s body was found covered with leaves, about 300 metres from their house. The body was clad only in underwear. Her footware too was found nearby. As the news of the child sacrifice spread, a large number of people rushed to the spot and ransacked the tantrik’s house.

A few neighbours, including the tantrik’s brother Madhav Purusha (78) (in whose house Priyanka’s parents were living as tenants for the last three months) told that they had warned Priyanka’s parents against sending their daughter to Kamalaksha’s house, suspecting his behaviour.

The neighbours also said Kamalaksha had a live-in relationship with a woman several years ago and Chandrakala was that woman’s daughter. Though Kamalaksha claims that Chandrakala is his step daughter, neighbours as well as police suspect that both have an illegitimate relationship. She, too, had a 5-year-old son, who was missing for the past five months. When queried, both Kamalaksha and Chandrakala said that her son had been adopted by a person in Udupi.

Meanwhile, Chandrakala alleged that Kamalaksha raped the child before she was offered as sacrifice. On the contrary, Kamalaksha continued to say that he has not seen the girl at all. “I can find out the whereabouts of the girl within three days,” he said. To a query on the poojas at his home, he said: “Yesterday was a good day for prayers and the prayers would help me get long life.”

Kamalaksha Purusha and Chandrakala have been arrested while Madhav Purusha has been taken into custody.

Later, a group of villagers went to the police station and asked the cops to hand over the accused to them. When police resorted to light caning to disperse the crowd, a few antisocial elements threw stones at the police station.