The headless torso of a man was discovered near a Kali temple in Bolpur of West Bengal's Birbum district Thursday, raising suspicion among locals that he was the victim of a religious sacrifice to propitiate the goddess
The headless torso of a man was discovered near a Kali temple in Bolpur of West Bengal's Birbum district Thursday, raising suspicion among locals that he was the victim of a religious sacrifice to propitiate the goddess.
The unidentified man, in his mid-thirties, was found lying in a pool of blood close to the temple gate.
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Bolpur sub-divisional police officer Kalyan Roy, however, described it as a case of murder. "There were injuries on his arms and face. We have registered a murder case".
Local residents panicked as word spread that the man had been beheaded as part of a tantrik ritual.
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