New Delhi: Cops rescue infant sold by uncle to tantrik for ‘human sacrifice’

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“Illyas is married and has three children. He told us he just completed his ‘tantrik vidya’ and wanted to be a ‘graduate’ in it. For this, he wanted a ‘bali’ of a human being,” A K Singla, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northeast), told The Indian Express.

Sources said Dilshad works under Illyas, who is Asif’s friend. Once Dilshad spotted Asif’s niece, he offered Rs 40,000 to buy her, said a police officer. Asif was in debt and sold his niece, the officer added.

The infant went missing from her home in Nehru Vihar locality in northeast Delhi’s Mustafabad area Friday evening and her parents informed the police. When she could not be found, a case of kidnapping was registered at Khajuri Khas police station.

“With the help of local intelligence, the police zeroed in on Asif. It emerged he had sold the girl to Illyas, who was about to conduct a human sacrifice ritual at a burial ground in Ghaziabad’s Loni,” said the police officer.

A police team rushed to Ghaziabad and the girl was rescued six hours after she went missing, said the officer. The police team recovered nearly Rs 10,000, part of the money paid to Asif for the infant, along with “sacrificial instruments” from the possession of the accused, the officer added.