Black magic has existed in the world not just today but for centuries. Even in history, we find many such incidents in which black magic is mentioned. However, if someone’s life is lost due to black magic in today’s times, it is a matter of concern for the society.
In fact, recently such an incident has come to light from Hathras, UP, in which an 11 year old child died due to black magic. Let us tell you about it in detail. Along with this, we also tell you how many people lose their lives due to black magic or witchcraft in the country.
Hathras incident
According to a report by DW, in September, the body of an 11-year-old child was found in the car of the school manager at DL Public School in Hathras, UP. Police arrested five people, including school manager Dinesh Baghel and his father Yashodan, on charges of murder of the child. Now in this case it is coming to light that the school manager’s father Yashodana used to practice tantric activities and he had decided to sacrifice the child for the progress of the school and to get rid of the debt.
NCRB statistics on human sacrifice
Let us now tell you how many such cases are there in the entire country in which human sacrifices were made due to witchcraft. According to the data of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), a total of 8 cases of human sacrifice were reported in the country in the year 2022. Whereas if we look at the figures from 2014 to 2022, this number goes up to 111. This is the number in which human sacrifice was made. But, there are many cases in which people are killed on suspicion of witchcraft. Let us now take a look at those cases.
NCRB figures show that in the year 2022, 85 people lost their lives due to witchcraft. Whereas, in the year 2021 this number was 68. According to the DW report, a total of 1064 people lost their lives due to witchcraft from 2013 to 2022. The largest number of these cases are of women who were killed after being declared witches. Let us tell you, in states like Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand, the highest number of incidents of killing of women by calling them witches were seen.
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