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3 Years Old Girl child rescued from being sacrificed to Godess KALI

By Pankaj Sharma |


In a shocking incident of superstition related to sacrifice of a girl child, one Basanta Sarma was, arrested Thursday (Octpber 27) on charges of kidnapping a minor child from Tezpur for the purpose of sacrificing it to mother goddess Kali during the just concluded Kali Puja. Prity Rai, a three years old girl child, daughter of Ramprasad Rai was kidnapped by one Basanta Sarma from Jahazghat area of Tezpur on 26th October. He took her to Juria village in Nagaon district with the purpose to send the baby to North Lakhimpur for sacrificing to Godess Kali on “Amavasya”. People in Juria (Nagaon) got suspicious and informed the police .Public with the help of police recovered the child and nabbed the culprit. Both the child and her abductor Basanta Sarma was taken to Tezpur.


Basanta told media persons in police station that he has kidnapped the child at the advice of his mother Labanya Sarma who resides in a rented house at Nakari in Chuklibharia village near North Lakhimpur town. Basanta said that she intends to sacrifice a child to goddess Kali during Kali Puja for seeking blessings for her family. Basanta kidnapped Prity to fulfill the desire of his mother. Lakhimpur police arrested Labanya Sarma and being interrogated about the incident. Police later on handed over the child to her parents.


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