
UP Class 2 Boy "Sacrificed" For School's "Success", Director, Staff Arrested
NDTV
The class 2 student was allegedly killed at his hostel to bring "success" to the school in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras.
A class 2 student at a private school was "sacrificed" in a "black magic" ritual in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, police said today. He was allegedly killed at his school hostel earlier this week to bring "success" to the DL Public School at Rasgawan.
Police said five people, including the director of the school, his father, and three teachers, have been arrested in the case.
Police also said that the father of the school director, Dinesh Baghel, believed in "black magic".
According to police sources, the accused wanted to kill the boy near a tubewell outside the school. However, as they were taking him out of the hostel, he started screaming, forcing them to strangle him to death.