Black Magic

Kerala 'human sacrifice' case: Mastermind Shafi 'a sexual pervert, psychopath', says senior police officer

Kochi City Police Commissioner CH Nagaraju said Shafi designed the conspiracy and trapped the couple into believing that human sacrifice is needed for financial wellbeing

Kerala 'human sacrifice' case: Main accused who murdered, buried women for financial prosperity has a CPI(M) connection

BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said that 67-year-old Bhagaval Singh seem to be linked to the ruling dispensation of Kerala and also has the involvement of a radicalised element

Kerala human sacrifice horror: Kidnapping, killing, chopping, eating women

In the remand copy, the Kerala police have detailed how the mastermind - Shafi - forced the couple into black magic and cannibalism

Kerala ‘human sacrifices’ case: Which Indian states have laws against 'black magic'?

India does not have central legislation to tackle the menace of black magic. While Maharashtra and Karnataka have their own anti-superstition laws, Kerala is yet to regulate the practice

Explained: How an agent convinced Kerala medic couple to offer human sacrifice of two women

The murder of two women in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district has unearthed a possible human sacrifice case. Cops say that the accused couple, who are medics, were persuaded to commit the killings by an agent on the promise that their financial troubles would end

Two women tell senior citizen about ghosts in his house, cheat him of Rs 15.87 lakh for 'rituals'

The woman told the man, who was living in alone, that evil spirits had invaded his house and suggested certain rituals, the Manpada police station official said

Maharashtra: Parents beat 5-year-old daughter to death while performing 'black magic'

The incident took place on the intervening night of Friday-Saturday following which police arrested the child's father Siddharth Chimne, mother Ranjana and aunt Priya Bansod, police said.

Human sacrifice in MP: Man kills youth as 'offering' to goddess for birth of son

Ramlal had offered prayers to the village’s goddess and swore that if his wife gives birth to a son, he will sacrifice a youth

Maharashtra: Man tries to kill daughter as human sacrifice for hidden treasure; nine held

The police have arrested the victim's father, a tantrik and seven others over the incident that took place in Babulgaon tehsil on Monday, an official said

PIL in SC seeks direction to Centre and states to stop black magic, forced religious conversions

The plea filed by advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay also sought directions to ascertain the feasibility of appointing a committee to enact a legislation on religious conversions