Class 2 student murdered as ‘sacrifice’ for the ‘prosperity’ of the school by its owner; 5 held

Police said the post-mortem report of the class two student showed that he had been strangled. DL Public School owner Jasodhan Singh, who is said to believe in ‘tantrik rituals’, asked his son Dinesh Baghel, the school’s principal, to sacrifice a child for the “prosperity” of the school and its family.

Principal Laxman Singh and two teachers – Ramprakash Solanki and Veerpal Singh – have also been arrested by the police. Police have filed an FIR against five of them under Section 103 (1) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 and they have been sent to jail.

“The student has been identified as Kritarth who studies in class 2 of DL Public school,” Ashok Kumar Singh, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Hathras told PTI. “On September 23, the student was abducted from the school’s hostel by teacher Ramprakash Solanki, Dinesh Baghel and school owner Jasodhan Singh. Jasodhan Singh believes in ‘tantra’ practice and asked his son to sacrifice a child for the prosperity of school and his family,” he said.

They took the student to a secluded spot for the sacrifice, but the student woke up and started crying, the officer said. “He was then strangled to death. Another teacher Veerpal Singh and school principal Laxman Singh were also present at the spot and were guarding the place,” he said.

Police further said that the suspect told the child’s parents that Kritarth was not well and he was taken to a hospital in Baghel’s car. However, relatives of the child stopped the car and informed police about Kritarth’s death, police said.

A post-mortem report later revealed that he had died from strangulation. In the police investigation, the suspect informed police that the student was killed due to “sacrifice” for the prosperity of the school and the owner’s family, the ASP said.