Man gets 10 yrs in jail for kidnapping children for human sacrifice | Bareilly News
Bareilly: A court in Rampur has sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a penalty of Rs 20,000 for kidnapping two minor siblings for ritual sacrifice in 2018.Mohd Shakeel, in his late 30s, a resident of Nawada village under Bhot police station, lured Mehran, 5, and Muskan, 7, on Feb 7, 2018, on some pretext and abducted them while their family was attending a wedding in the village, said former additional district govt counsel (ADGC) Pratap Singh Maurya.The children’s father, Mashroof, who knew Shakeel through his brother-in-law, lodged an FIR the same day, alleging that he practised occult rituals.Acting on his complaint, police traced Shakeel in a jungle near Sihari village, where he was performing rituals on the children. The minors were rescued and occult books, paraphernalia and a sickle were recovered from the spot. A case was registered against him and a chargesheet was filed on July 12, 2018.“The minors testified that the convict lured them and took them to a forest around 15km away from their home and kept them in captivity for almost 10 hours before police rescued them,” Maurya said.After hearing arguments from both sides, additional district judge-I, Ajay Kumar Dixit, on Monday pronounced Shakeel guilty and sent him to jail.
