Police in India have arrested three people for allegedly killing two women while trying to make them rich through witchcraft.
Police spokesman Pramod Kumar told news agency AFP that the financially strapped couple paid three lakh rupees to Muhammad Shafi, who provided two women for 'sacrifice' who were later 'sacrificed'. Killed with the worst violence'.
According to the police, these incidents took place at different times during three months.
A police spokesperson said that Muhammad Shafi was also booked for rape earlier. "Shafi led a woman to Bhagawal Singh's house by pretending to get her a job in the film."
According to the investigators, when nothing happened after the first sacrifice, Bhagawal Singh complained to Shafi about not changing his fate, to which Shafi told him that the second sacrifice would have to be done in September.
"We were investigating the case of the first missing woman when the last mobile location of the second missing woman also came close to Bhagawal Singh's house," said a police spokesperson.
Both the murdered women used to sell lottery tickets door to door.
Police recovered the mutilated bodies of both from the couple's yard. Accused Muhammad Shafi is being investigated for his involvement in other cases.
"It was hard for us to believe that there were people living in the neighborhood who committed brutal torture and murder," a neighbor of Bhagawal Singh, a traditional healer, told Hindustan Times.
Neighbor Gopan K said, “Many people come to us for treatment of fractures, injuries and other ailments. We never suspected anything wrong, these people behaved well.
According to experts, due to the tribal way of life in most parts of India, people practice witchcraft and resort to operations to change their fortunes and gain quick wealth.
