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Kerala human sacrifice | The macabre murders in Elanthoor village

Kerala human sacrifice | The macabre murders in Elanthoor village

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The horrific killings of two women, purportedly as part of a human sacrifice for financial gains, has sent shock waves through Kerala and led to a cry for a law against sorcery and witchcraft. Hiran Unnikrishnan, M.P. Praveen and K.S. Sudhi report on the case that exposes how irrational beliefs, superstitions, and the occult still hold sway over sections of […]

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Parishad urges govt. to enact anti-superstition law to prevent Elanthoor-like incidents

Parishad urges govt. to enact anti-superstition law to prevent Elanthoor-like incidents

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The Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad (KSSP), which had in 2014 submitted a draft ‘Superstitions and Evil Practices (Prevention and Eradication) Bill’ to the State government, has urged the government to waste no time to enact such legislation.  Describing the human sacrifice at Elanthoor as ‘shocking’, the popular people’s science and cultural movement said the spread […]

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