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The double Olympic medallist used to be superstitious about stepping in with his right foot. Not anymore.
Veeramuthu, the grandfather, confessed to the police that he killed the child following instructions from an astrologer.
Action was initiated against the parents of the child, natives of Pathanapuram, and also against the temple administration.
The woman sorcerer, identified as 52-year old Shobhana of Vasanthi Amma Madom, however, is absconding.
The victim, aged around 27, lodged a complaint with Sinhgad Police Station which swung into action and arrested the woman's husband Jayant Kokale, her in-laws and three others.
The bill seeks imprisonment of 7 years and a fine of Rs 5,000 which may extend up to Rs 50,000 for engaging in superstitious practices and sorcery, or encouraging such acts.
A draft bill would be presented in the Legislative Assembly only after accurately defining rituals and evil practices.
The Bill is modelled on Maharashtra’s Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act, 2013.
On Thursday, members of DYFI, the youth arm of the CPM, launched protests against various superstitious activities in the state.
While the horror of the Elanthoor human sacrifice murders is yet to sink in, it has also renewed the calls for the enactment of an anti-superstition law in Kerala.
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