Human Sacrifice in Kerala; NHRC issues notices to Government

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Kerala government, seeking an action-taken report in connection with a “human sacrifice” in the state. The two women brutally butchered and murdered in Kerala shooks the entire state.

The panel said it has taken suo moto cognizance of a media report that two women, reported missing to police by their families, became victims of human sacrifice in a bizarre ritual orchestrated by a self-styled voodoo practitioner, professing to bring luck to a couple facing financial problems. The victims were bound by a common profession of selling lottery tickets, it added.

Observing that such incidents cannot be expected in a civilised society, where a human being is killed in the name of a ritual without any fear of the law, the NHRC said the right to life of the victims has been grossly violated. According to the media report, police were informed that one of the victims was missing on June 6, while the other was reported missing on September 26.