<p>In a shocking incident, a woman sacrificed her 18-month-old nephew as a part of a 'tantrik' ritual.</p>.<p>The incident took place at Malakpur village under Adampur police station in Amroha district.</p>.<p>Police have detained the woman, Saroj Devi, 32, and her husband.</p>.<p>The child's father, Ramesh Kumar, 28, said, "My elder brother and sister-in-law had earlier lost three children soon after their birth. When she became pregnant for the fourth time, the couple consulted a 'tantrik' for a solution so that their fourth child would survive. They killed my infant son on the advice of the tantrik."</p>.<p>According to police, the child's body parts were found scattered in a sugarcane field, two days after he had gone missing from home.</p>.<p>The child was left under the care of his aunt Saroj and grandmother Ganga Devi. After the family members could not find the missing boy, Ramesh Kumar filed a complaint with the police.</p>.<p>A day later, a farmer found some body parts of a child in his sugarcane field, about 400m away from the village and informed police.</p>.<p>During interrogation of the accused, it came to light that the child's aunt had killed the toddler by choking him to death.</p>.<p>Amroha Superintendent of Police Aditya Langeh said, "Prima facie, the boy was killed in a sacrificial ritual. The victim's aunt has confessed to have committed the crime. She told police that she killed the boy on the instruction of a 'tantrik'. The child was first choked to death and later his leg and other body parts were chopped off. We have recovered the child's head that had a tilak on the forehead."</p>
<p>In a shocking incident, a woman sacrificed her 18-month-old nephew as a part of a 'tantrik' ritual.</p>.<p>The incident took place at Malakpur village under Adampur police station in Amroha district.</p>.<p>Police have detained the woman, Saroj Devi, 32, and her husband.</p>.<p>The child's father, Ramesh Kumar, 28, said, "My elder brother and sister-in-law had earlier lost three children soon after their birth. When she became pregnant for the fourth time, the couple consulted a 'tantrik' for a solution so that their fourth child would survive. They killed my infant son on the advice of the tantrik."</p>.<p>According to police, the child's body parts were found scattered in a sugarcane field, two days after he had gone missing from home.</p>.<p>The child was left under the care of his aunt Saroj and grandmother Ganga Devi. After the family members could not find the missing boy, Ramesh Kumar filed a complaint with the police.</p>.<p>A day later, a farmer found some body parts of a child in his sugarcane field, about 400m away from the village and informed police.</p>.<p>During interrogation of the accused, it came to light that the child's aunt had killed the toddler by choking him to death.</p>.<p>Amroha Superintendent of Police Aditya Langeh said, "Prima facie, the boy was killed in a sacrificial ritual. The victim's aunt has confessed to have committed the crime. She told police that she killed the boy on the instruction of a 'tantrik'. The child was first choked to death and later his leg and other body parts were chopped off. We have recovered the child's head that had a tilak on the forehead."</p>