Adaily wage worker said to be the resident of a village in the Jind District ofHaryana confessed to murdering his 5 minor children over the span of 5 years. Hismotive was to get rid of poverty. Apparently, an occultist had lured him andhad promised to help him get rid of his “impoverished lifestyle” on the pretextthat if he sacrificed his children, his days of poverty would end.
Afterthe occultist “charlatan” put forward his “quack fix” to end the naïve man’smisery, Jumma the accused, murdered his children.
Accordingto I.G Mr. Ashvin Shenvi, his two daughters had gone missing on the 17thof July. The body of one girl was recovered from the Hansi- Butana link canalnear the village whereas, the other girl’s body was found near the outskirts ofthe village.
Accordingto reports, Jumma has also said to have confessed to murdering his eldest and ayounger son along with another daughter in front of the village’s panchayat.
Theaccused has now been detained by the officials.