Rajesh Hembram #fundie dnaindia.com

Man beheads granddaughter for good harvest

Bhubaneswar: In a gruesome incident, a man chopped off the head of his nine-year-old granddaughter to woo "Mother Earth" for a good harvest this kharif season. Traditional belief has it that human sacrifice on Akshaya Tritiya translates into a good harvest.

With this belief, Rajesh Hembram, 55, a farmer, beheaded his nine-year-old granddaughter Berenika Kandulana with an axe on Sunday afternoon and collected her blood in a steel pot. The incident took place at Adapathar village in Sambalpur district.

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