India: Three accused in Kerala ‘human sacrifice’ case remanded to police custody for 12 days
Three accused of the Kerala 'human sacrifice' case
On Thursday, a magistrate court of Ernakulam in the Indian state of Kerala, remanded three accused of alleged human sacrifice to police custody for 12 days, reported the Bar and Bench. This comes days after the news of human sacrifice first came to light on October 11.
The three accused were later identified as Muhammed Shafi and the husband-wife pair of Bhagawal Singh and Laila, said the report. This comes a day after they were sent to judicial custody for 14 days by a local court.
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The news first broke when dismembered bodies of two women were exhumed on Tuesday from a house in a village. According to the local police, the two women were murdered allegedly in “human sacrifice” rituals. Reportedly, they were lottery ticket sellers in the state’s Ernakulam city and went missing earlier this year in June and September.
(With inputs from agencies)
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