India: Toddler’s mutilated body hints human sacrifice

The family last saw two-and-a-half-year-old Afzal alive on Sunday morning before he went out to see the Republic Day flag hoisting ceremony near his house. 

His 10-year-old sister Anam left his side to get the sweets. When she returned, Afzal was gone. Others told her that two middle-aged men had picked up the boy and disappeared.

Around 9.30am, a neighbour called on the family with news on Afzal whose body was found dumped near a garbage heap outside an under construction apartment less than 300 metres from the family’s rented house.

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