JANAKPURDHAM: Police on Thursday made public a man arrested on the charge of sacrificing a child in the name of god.
He was paraded amidst a press conference at District Police Office, Dhanusa.
Shatrudhan Mahato, 55, of Mithila municipality-6 has been accused of killing Samir Kumar Sah, two-and-a-half-year-old son of Shambhu Kumar Sah, of the same village as a sacrifice to god.
Mahato lured and abducted Samir Kumar on May 6 evening while he was playing in the courtyard of his house. The family of the child was away when the abduction took place.
Mahato held the child hostage in his house before sacrificing him the following morning, said the police. He slit the throat of the child.
Following the murder, Mahato buried the body of the child in the farmland behind the house of the child, according to the preliminary investigation of police.
Mahato has admitted the crime, police added.
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