Three men, including a scrap dealer, have been found dead under mysterious circumstances at a farmhouse in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district, with police suspecting the deaths may be linked to an occult ritual promising to multiply money.
Four suspects, including a ‘tantrik’, have been detained in this connection, police said on Thursday.
Family members of
the victims have alleged foul play, claiming the bodies bore multiple injuries and scratch marks, indicating possible assault or forceful restraint.
The bodies of scrap dealer Mohammad Ashraf Memon, Suresh Sahu, natives of Korba, and Nitish Kumar of Durg, all aged between 40 and 45, were found at Memon’s farmhouse in Kudri village under Urga police station limits, a police official said.