Updated On: 22 July, 2023 09:52 PM IST | Nashik | mid-day online correspondent
In a shocking case of human sacrifice, a nine-year-old boy was brutally killed, and his body was half-buried in Maharashtra's Nashik district. The incident occurred in Malegaon taluka on July 16, and the police have arrested all four individuals involved in the crime.

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In a shocking case of human sacrifice, a nine-year-old boy was brutally killed, and his body was half-buried in Maharashtra's Nashik district. The incident occurred in Malegaon taluka on July 16, and the police have arrested all four individuals involved in the crime.
According to an official, the accused abducted the boy while he was playing in a field in Pohane Shivar village. They then slit his throat and half-buried his body in the ground. The boy's body was discovered on July 18, leading to the registration of a murder case.