Human sacrifices in 2024: Here’s how black magic brings horror to the modern world
The killing of an 11-year-old boy by the owners of a school who practiced black magic has shaken the nation, but occult rituals remain popular in 21st century India
Krishna Kushwaha of Hathras, in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), was the first in his family to get a formal education. To ensure a brighter future for his children, he enrolled them in a hostel. Little did he know that his 11-year-old son Kritarth would fall prey to black magic.
Kritarth was a student of standard II at the DL Public School. On the evening of September 22, he was kidnapped by two of his teachers, the owners of the school, and one of their fathers.
Black magic is defined as the use of supernatural power or magic for selfish motives or purposes. It turns the human mind away from logic and rationality. The occult is not new in India, having been practiced for ages up and down the country. Surprisingly, society doesn’t protest against black magic.
The kidnappers assaulted Kritarth, breaking his collarbone. They then performed an occult ritual, after which the boy was strangled to death.
The school contacted Krishna and told him that his son was not well, and he was being taken to hospital in Agra. Krishna found this suspicious. When the family found their son’s body, they discovered disturbing marks and found that his head had been shaved.
During a subsequent investigation, police visited the site of the black magic rituals and uncovered material linked to the practice, such as occult texts.
Under interrogation, one of the accused confessed that the child had been sacrificed, as the school owners believed it would bring prosperity to the institute.
But Kritarth’s ritual wasn’t the first of its kind. The school owner had tried to kill another student; this failed when the boy raised the alarm. The suspects also revealed that the school owner’s father had been practicing black magic since his youth. The family had blind faith in it because they believed it was helping them gain prosperity.
The day after Kritarth’s murder, about 264km west of the location, the corpse of an 84-year-old man was dug up in the middle of the night and its skull was removed. Investigators believe that the exhumation and skull removal was part of a black-magic ritual.
In early 2022, two lottery vendors in Elanthoor, in south India’s Kerala, were victims of a gruesome murder. Investigators exhumed their bodies and found that both women had been tortured, with assault marks all over their corpses and one had a breast missing. The accused reportedly confessed, saying he had been seeking financial gain.
India’s National Crime Records Bureau maintains no specific data for occult killings, listing them with other murders.
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