A woman killed neighbor’s 7-year-old boy on ‘child sacrifice’ belief

A woman killed neighbor’s 7-year-old boy on ‘child sacrifice’ belief

Harshabab Sidhu
Nabaz-e-Punjab, Mohali, July 14:
Three days after a seven-year-old boy found dead in the bushes under mysterious circumstances near Shakrullapur village in Kharar, the police now confirmed that the boy was murdered by a married woman.
As per the police, the victim, Harpreet Singh alias Happy, was killed by his neighbour, Amandeep Kaur alias Shivani (20), who has been arrested by the police today.
The accused, Shivani, had drowned the child by putting him inside a drum filled with water at her house in a bid to child sacrifice. After drowning the child, the accused threw him behind the shops of village. It was said that Shivani had two daughters, and both had died at the time of their birth. After that, she was unable to give birth to any child following which she decided to sacrifice someone’s child on superstitious beliefs, said the police.
It was also said that Shivani is married thrice.
Mohali SP (rural) Ravjot Kaur Grewal said, “We have cracked the case within 24 hours. The accused has confessed her crime before the village sarpanch. The exact cause of death will be ascertained only after examining his post mortem reports, which are yet to come.”
The accused will be produced before a local court on Tuesday for seeking her police remand.
On July 9, the victim’s father, Gurmail Singh, had said that his son went outside to play with other children around 3pm. When he did not return home after several hours, they started searching for him. A day after, Harpreet’s dead body was found in the bushes and his father had alleged that his son was murdered.
At preliminary investigation, it was said the boy might have died after being bitten by some poisonous creature.
SP Grewal said that no bite marks were found on the vicitm’s body following which we had started the investigation on murder angle. Meanwhile, police now have registered a case of murder against the woman at the Sadar Kharar police station.