Hathras: In a shocking incident, a Class II student was allegedly sacrificed at a private school as part of black magic rituals to bring success to the school in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, police said. The school director, his father, and three teachers who were involved in the killing of the schoolboy have been arrested by the police.
The incident took place last week at DL Public School in Rasgawan, an NDTV report said. According to the report, the school director’s father, Dinesh Baghel, believed in “black magic.”
The accused were taking the boy out of the hostel intending to kill him but he started screaming. This forced them to strangulate him to death. The police found items of “black magic” near the school. The accused revealed that they tried to sacrifice another student on September 6 but they were not successful, the police said.
The police came to know about the incident when the boy’s father Krishan Kushwaha reported the matter to the police. According to his complaint, he received a call from the school that his son had fallen ill. When he reached the school, he was told that the director had taken the boy to hospital in his car. Kushwaha said in his complaint that he found his son’s body in Baghel’s car.