‘Wanted apsara-like wife, heavenly afterlife’: Man held for abducting, beheading boy in occult ritual
TNN / May 17, 2026, 01:30 (IST)
A 30-year-old man in Jodhpur was arrested for allegedly abducting and beheading an 11-year-old boy, believing the act would grant him spiritual powers and a heavenly afterlife. The accused, influenced by an occult practitioner, had a history of superstitious rituals, including a previous attempted abduction and animal sacrifice. Police are now searching for the advisor.