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Orissa: Man beheads granddaughter for good harvest
Bhubaneshwar, Apr 27: In a bizarre incident a 10-year-old girl in Orissa was beheaded for yielding good harvest. Police said that grandfather of Bernaka Kandulana killed her in belief that sowing seeds mixed with her blood would yield a bumper crop.
The barbaric incident, spurred by age-old superstitions, took place Sunday at the tribal-populated Adapathar village in Sambalpur district, over 450 km from here. The incident came to light after the villagers caught the culprit, Rajesh Hembram and handed over him to the police.
Police
said
52-yr-old
Hembram
who
had
three
acres
of
agricultural
land
planned
in
advance
to
sow
seeds
mixed
with
the
blood
of
his
granddaughter
on
Akshaya
Tritiya
(a
Hindu
auspicious
day)
on
Monday,
Apr
27
to
get
good
harvest.
Hembram
cut
off
Bernaka's
head
with
an
axe
in
a
room
when
no
one
was
at
home
and
drained
her
blood
into
a
pot.
Police
recovered
the
pot
with
seeds
mixed
with
blood
and
also
the
body
of
Bernaka.
OneIndia News
