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Crime
Minor Allegedly Lured to Gwalior Forest, Attacked with Knife in Supposed Sacrifice Attempt
✍️ Amar Ujala · Gwalior
🗓 23 Oct 2026, 06:01 PM
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A minor from Rithoudan village in Karhiya police area alleged that a neighbour lured him to the forest on Golewar Hill and attacked him with a knife in an alleged human‑sacrifice attempt. The accused fled and police have registered a case.
The incident was reported from Rithoudan village in the Karhiya police jurisdiction of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. According to the minor, his neighbour invited him under the pretext of showing a "mother's apparition" and took him deep into the forest on Golewar Hill.
Inside the dense woods, the accused allegedly assaulted the boy with a knife, delivering nine stab wounds. The motive, as claimed by the victim, was an attempt to perform a human sacrifice.
Local police arrived after the boy managed to escape and immediately lodged a FIR, classifying the case as an attempted homicide with sacrificial intent. The suspect fled the scene and is currently being pursued.
Investigators have sealed the forest area, collected forensic evidence, and are questioning other villagers to trace the accused's whereabouts. The case underscores rising concerns over superstitious crimes in rural Madhya Pradesh.
Inside the dense woods, the accused allegedly assaulted the boy with a knife, delivering nine stab wounds. The motive, as claimed by the victim, was an attempt to perform a human sacrifice.
Local police arrived after the boy managed to escape and immediately lodged a FIR, classifying the case as an attempted homicide with sacrificial intent. The suspect fled the scene and is currently being pursued.
Investigators have sealed the forest area, collected forensic evidence, and are questioning other villagers to trace the accused's whereabouts. The case underscores rising concerns over superstitious crimes in rural Madhya Pradesh.