HUMAN SACRIFICE SUSPECTED AT KALI TEMPLE IN BENGAL.

A beheaded blood splattered torso of a 25 years old male body was found outside of a temple of Kali goddess (Kali is a goddess of power in Hindu religion) at a village in Birbhum district, which is nearly 1 km away from Shantiniketan in West Bengal. It was raising suspicion of sacrifices. The district police authority said that they are investigating the matter. Though human sacrifice has long been banned in India.

According to the police report, the body of the man was first spotted by the temple priest around 5am when he went for prayers on Thursday April 15 morning. A senior police officer said the torso was a male body and it was found near the altar placed in front of the temple, where marigold flowers and incense sticks, bloodstains were found on the altar for animal sacrifices. The district police head Rabindranath Mukherjee said “investigations pointing towards a murder, it was made to look like human sacrifice. A tribal youth has been detained for interrogation”.

“It is unfortunate that still the practice is going on secretly after our long awareness campaign. The sacrifice of goats is part of the worship of Kali goddess, after the campaign it has been discontinued in many temples” said Prabir Ghosh of “Juktibadi Samity” a NGO who is working for a long to raise awareness campaign against superstitions, primitive religious rituals and old myths in India. He added human sacrifice is illegal in India, though last year two senior scientists also allegedly tried to kill their junior in a human sacrifice bid, the incident occurred on October, 2009 at Bhopal.