BENGALURU: In a case attributed to the prevalance of black magic, a 10-year-old girl was found murdered in a canal, near Hosahalli road in Magadi, near here, on Friday.
According to the police, the girl went missing from March 1 and her parents filed a case at Magadi Police Station. The assailants slit her throat to use the body for black magic. A lemon was found tied to her leg when her body was floating in the canal, according to eyewitnesses.
The victim has been identified as Ayesha B, resident of Sunakal village in Magadi taluk, in Ramanagar district. She was studying in fourth standard. Her father runs a petty shop in the village.
The police said that on Wednesday Ayesha was playing outside her home in the village and went missing at around 8 pm. Her parents who searched for her overnight, later filed a missing complaint with the police.
On Friday, a passerby noticed the floating body of Ayesha and alerted Magadi police. Her parents were also informed about the incident. Police suspect that the girl was sacrificed in a ritual.
A special team has been formed to nab the assailants and police are not ruling out that relatives might have been behind the crime.