Ritual murder at private school: Headmaster strangles 7-year-old to death

Hathras (India) - It is an act so heinous that it defies comprehension. The headmaster of an Indian private school is suspected ofhaving cruelly strangled one of his students (†7) as part of a ritual.

The horror teacher told police that the second-grader had to be sacrificed to ensure the success of his teaching methods.

Five people have been arrested in the northern Indian state of Uttar Prasdesh in connection with the gruesome murder of a seven-year-old. This was reported by the television channel NDTV and"India Today"

Investigators are certain: because he hoped for "prosperity" and also "fame" for his school, principal Dinesh Baghel is said to have hatched a disturbing plot on the advice of his father Jashodhan.

Last Sunday, they put their murderous plan into action, reports The Hindu. With three helpers, the principal abducted little Kritarth from the boarding school of his run-down private school "D.L. Public School Residential School", near the northern Indian town of Hathras. The boy had apparently been sedated beforehand.

Then, according to the police, the perpetrators strangled the innocent child behind the school building, according to the practice known as "black magic", Tantra-Mantra.

After the cold-blooded murder of Kritarth, the killers called his parents and claimed that the child was "not well" and needed to go to hospital immediately. The worried father immediately rushed to the school. There, however, he was told that the principal had already taken the boy to hospital himself.

Meanwhile, the main perpetrator put the dead boy in his car and apparently drove around aimlessly. Kritarth's body was later discovered in the trunk of the car. A short time later, the handcuffs clicked.

The deputy principal and another teacher are also among those arrested; they are said to have been on the lookout during the crime. The police were able to seize extensive evidence. Occult documents and objects were also found on the father of the main perpetrator.

It then emerged that this was probably not the first attempt to sacrifice a child. At the beginning of September, the ritualistsallegedly tried to abduct a nine-year-old boy called Raj, but the plan failed because the anaesthetic was apparently incorrectly dosed.