Lucknow | 2 months ago
Teenaged girl kills child to attain occult powers
Lucknow, March 12 - A teenaged girl in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district allegedly killed a three-year-old boy to 'attain occult powers', police said Friday.The 15-year-old girl strangulated the child of her neighbour late Thursday evening in the Chandiyana village of Bulandshahr, some 400 km from Lucknow. 'While the girl was performing some prayers with the body of the boy at a secluded place, ... read more

9 months ago
Priest, wife arrested with four human skulls
Lucknow, July 24 - A priest and his wife have been arrested after four human skulls were found in their house in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district, the police said Friday. The skulls were recovered from the roof of the Kabir temple in the Vijaynagar locality in Kanpur, about 80 km from Lucknow. According to police, the priest, Shyamlal, and his wife, Rajkumari, have confessed that they used human ... read more

1 year ago
Court orders police to file case against Asaram ashram
Ahmedabad, Aug 26 - Spiritual leader Asaram Bapu faces more trouble as the Gujarat High Court Tuesday ordered a police case to be filed against his ashram here in connection with an attack on journalists last month. The bench of acting Chief Justice M.S. Shah and Justice J.C. Upadhyay gave the ruling on a public interest litigation filed by an NGO, Jan Sangharsh Manch -, on Aug 17, urging the co ... read more

1 year ago
Court rap for Asaram Ashram
Ahmedabad, Aug 26 - Spiritual leader Asaram Bapu's ashram here continues to face flak as the Gujarat High Court Tuesday asked police to file a case against the organisation for the attack on several journalists last month and also asked it to pay appropriate compensation to those injured in clashes. The court ruling came after a hearing on a public interest litigation. Civic organisations had gi ... read more

Ranchi | 3 years ago
Man kills son, injures another in spiritual quest
Ranchi, Jan 10 - A man in Jharkhand killed one of his sons and badly injured another Wednesday in search of 'spiritual powers', police said.Jeetan Munda, a resident of Barki village in Hazaribagh district, who police say is a sorcerer by profession, escaped after assaulting his sons with the help of another person, police said.The younger son died on the spot, while the elder son sustained serious ... read more

Ranchi | 3 years ago
Man sacrifices sons in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Jan 10 - In a strange incident of child sacrifice, a man in Jharkhand sacrificed two of his sons Wednesday in search of spiritual powers, police said.Jeetan Munda, a resident of Barki village in Hazaribagh district, is a sorcerer by profession, escaped after sacrificing his sons with the help of an aide, police said.The younger son died on the spot, while the elder son sustained serious in ... read more

London | 3 years ago
British rationalists renew challenge to occult practitioners
London, July 27 - A group of rationalists of Indian origin here has renewed its offer of 16,000 pounds to any occult practitioner or spiritual healer who can scientifically prove the ability to cure people of any disease or solve any problem.Newspapers catering to Asian and Afro-Caribbean readerships have several pages of advertisements from such practitioners, promising magical cures and manna to ... read more