- Commission accuses district administration of not cooperating
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Ranchi/Hazaribagh. On April 2, 2026, a 3-member crew of the National Commission for Women (NCW) investigated the case of homicide of a 12-12 months-previous woman in Kusumbha village of Vishnugarh police station space of Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand. The NCW crew (Mamata Kumari, Manmohan Verma, Kanchan Khattar) visited the spot, spoke to the sufferer’s household, neighbors and native individuals. Evidence of superstition and occultism: Preliminary investigation revealed that alleged Tantric ritual (Sacrificial ritual/Occult apply) “may” be behind the homicide. Suspicion was raised about the involvement of feminine Tantrik Shanti Devi and mom Reshmi Devi.
Interrogation of the accused: The crew talked to Reshmi Devi, the mom of the deceased arrested in the case, and folks related to the Tantrik. The mom of the deceased is accused of killing her daughter at the behest of a Tantrik to treatment her personal son’s sickness. Inspection of the place of worship as proof: The crew inspected the Tantrik’s home and the place of worship the place the Tantrik ritual was stated to be going down. Questions on the position of police: The NCW panel stated that the native police haven’t but handed over essential paperwork to them throughout the investigation. Team’s concern: The Commission expressed concern over the brutality in the case and requested to make sure that no harmless particular person is implicated and the culprits are given strict punishment. At current, the crew has sought a whole report of the incident from the native administration and can submit its detailed report back to the fee inside 10 working days.