Black Magic: Man in Odisha kills eight-year-old daughter for wife, held

Bhubaneswar: An eight-year-old girl was allegedly killed by her father in a suspected black magic-related sacrifice at Dhekunpani village under Komna police limits in Odisha’s Nuapada district.

Though the incident occurred on Thursday, the matter came to light on Saturday after the police arrested the father Ramchan Paharia, 36, in connection with the incident.

Sources said the accused resorted to such an extreme step following the advice of a local sorcerer, who had assured that the step would prevent his second wife from leaving his house. As suggested by the sorcerer, Ramchan on Thursday took his daughter Jamuna to the farmland where he killed her with an axe and returned home. When the neighbours found the girl missing for two days, they confronted him.

As Ramchan did not give satisfactory reply, they informed the matter to the police. During interrogation, Ramchan admitted to his crime. The police suspects the man was mentally disturbed after his first wife had left him and family.