HINDOOS SACRIFICE THEIR SONS Couple 'sacrificed sons to gods' >From correspondents in Bhubaneswar AAP January 04, 2007 http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21010740-1702,00.html
A COUPLE in eastern India have been arrested for allegedly sacrificing their young sons to please the gods. "It seems like a case of child sacrifice attached to tantric rituals," police superintendent Ravi Kant said in eastern Orissa state, where the incident happened. Police said it had collected evidence of occult practices from the couple's house. Residents of the area told police that the couple had been advised by a tantric practitioner that they should offer their sons, aged 7 and 9, to please the gods for luck and prosperity. The couple denied the charges on local television, saying the boys died of illness and their bodies were kept in the house in the hope that they would come alive. Police are searching for the occult practitioner. Human sacrifices are reported occasionally in rural India where many people put faith in occult practices to ward off evil or gain prosperity. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21010740-1702,00.html