UP Police arrested three people, including two women. Lucknow: A two-month-old infant abducted from UP’s Maharajganj for an alleged human sacrifice was rescued from Delhi’s Kashmere Gate bus stand on Saturday.
The infant was abducted from his home in Rajabari Tola Ramjita village on early Nov 3. On Nov 3, the infant’s father Govind lodged a police complaint stating that his son had gone missing while the family was asleep. SP Maharajganj Shakti Mohan Avasthy said they got a breakthrough when CCTV footage captured a woman carrying an infant near Rajabari Bridge around 3.57am on Nov 3.
The accused were planning to sacrifice the child due to occult beliefs, hoping it would help locate their missing family members and ward off recurring misfortunes and untimely deaths, according to police.
Police said she believed that sacrificing a child, allegedly on the advice of a tantrik would help reunite her with her missing husband and son and end a series of family tragedies. He claimed that an unidentified person entered the house and took away the child. Her movements were traced to Thoothibari bus stand. Investigators subsequently questioned local residents and transport workers. Subsequent interrogation led to the arrest of Saraswati.