One-yr-old infant in Hoskote rescued from being sacrificed by parents; faith in witchcraft suspected
Hoskote: In an incident reported from the taluk, officers of the District Child Welfare Committee rescued a one-year-old male infant in Sulibele town whose parents were allegedly following witchcraft and preparing to sacrifice their child on Saturday.
The child was handed to the care of a children’s home and, based on the orders of the Committee on Monday, a case will be registered and the matter will be probed by the police, Anithalakshmi, Bengaluru Rural District Child Welfare Committee Officer, has said.
On Saturday morning, the staff handling the Children’s Helpline received information about preparations being made for the sacrificial rituals using witchcraft to be conducted in Sulibele. The Women and Child Welfare Department Assistant Director Shivamma, Bengaluru Rural Child Protection Officer Shridhar and personnel, along with Children’s Helpline staff member Shrinivas held a raid on the house with the help of the local police. The group of officials found that a pit being dug in the basement of a three-floor building situated at the location mentioned by the caller. The infant was also found there.
It is suspected that preparations were being made to sacrifice the infant with a desire to find wealth. In addition, equipment to conduct a prayer ritual were noticed in the house, the Women and Child Welfare Office has said.
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Official investigation has revealed that the couple, Imran and Naccha, has two daughters and purchased the male child from a Kolar couple.
When asked about the pit dug in the house, however, the couple is learned to have given multiple explanations, which has given rise to suspicion regarding the authenticity of the reasons mentioned.
The couple has stated that the pit had been dug to destroy an anthill in the house. In addition, Imran and Naccha have said that Imran had been suffering from health problems. Unidentified people had cast a spell on him and hidden it in the house for some time now.
Shridhar has said that a report will be submitted before the Child Welfare Committee on the statements of Imran and Naccha.
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Chose different path but did not break relationship: Uddhav Thackeray on Ajit Pawar
Mumbai (PTI): Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday condoled Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's death in a plane crash, and said even though the NCP chief chose a different path in politics, he did not let their relationship suffer.
In a post on X, the former chief minister said in Pawar's death, he has lost a steadfast leader and an excellent former cabinet colleague.
As finance minister, Pawar was an extremely disciplined leader with a firm grip on his department, he said.
Ajit Pawar had served as deputy CM in the Uddhav Thackeray-led government from 2019 to 2022.
"We developed a special bond as colleagues. Ajit Pawar was open-hearted. He would speak his mind. He was not someone who held a grudge for long. Even though he chose a different path in politics, he did not let our relationship break," Uddhav Thackeray said.
Pawar broke away from the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance of the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress in 2023 and joined the BJP-led NDA, a move which split the Nationalist Congress Party.
He was known as a leader who valued his party workers, and he was truly a 'Dada' (elder brother), Thackeray said, as he offered tributes to Ajit Pawar on behalf of the Thackeray family and Shiv Sena (UBT).
His son and former minister Aaditya Thackeray described Pawar's death as shocking. "Words fail me," he said, adding that he had the opportunity to work with Ajit Pawar for five-six years, first in the government and then in the opposition.
"His commanding grip on legislative affairs and his affectionate nature won over many like me. Even when I was in the opposition, I had publicly said this many times," Aaditya said.
