Surat black magic murder: 5 remanded in custody

  • | Thursday | 15th November, 2018

Hansa had informed police about the death of Kanji, a diamond polisher. Postmortem on his body revealed that he had died due to injuries in spleen and lungs and also shock. Police suspect some other reason behind the family’s decision to kill Kanji. An offence of murder was registered against the family members and they were arrested on Wednesday.The family had left Surat on November 11 for their native village in Banaskantha district with Kanji’s mother and returned on November 13.Police requested the court for their remand as they needed to find out from the accused if they had done this on the instructions of any tantrick. SURAT: A local court on Thursday remanded in police custody for a day five members of Kumbhar family who had killed one of their relatives suspecting him to be possessed by an evil spirits at Katargam area of the city on November 10.Fifty-year-old Kanji Kumbhar’s wife Hansa, three sons namely Prakash, Dinesh and a minor, daughter Hetal and daughter-in-law Nishita had forced him to drink water laced with vermilion and then jumped on his chest one by one, causing his instant death.

SURAT: A local court on Thursday remanded in police custody for a day five members of Kumbhar family who had killed one of their relatives suspecting him to be possessed by an evil spirits at Katargam area of the city on November 10.Fifty-year-old Kanji Kumbhar’s wife Hansa, three sons namely Prakash, Dinesh and a minor, daughter Hetal and daughter-in-law Nishita had forced him to drink water laced with vermilion and then jumped on his chest one by one, causing his instant death. Hansa had informed police about the death of Kanji, a diamond polisher. Postmortem on his body revealed that he had died due to injuries in spleen and lungs and also shock. An offence of murder was registered against the family members and they were arrested on Wednesday.The family had left Surat on November 11 for their native village in Banaskantha district with Kanji’s mother and returned on November 13.Police requested the court for their remand as they needed to find out from the accused if they had done this on the instructions of any tantrick. Police suspect some other reason behind the family’s decision to kill Kanji.

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