On May 20, the bones, skull and blood-stained clothes of a girl were found from a bush in Choramba tehsil. After a DNA test was carried out, police identified Sapna, and then began interrogating the family. The grandmother broke down and narrated the gory incident.
The blood-stained clothes were identified by Sapna's mother.
Sapna's grandmother Yashodabai Pandurang Meshram revealed how her neighbour Durgabai Shirbhate had a dream in which a goddess appeared and demanded human sacrifice of the youngest girl in the household.
Family members Motiram MEshram, Manoj Atram, devidas Atram, Punjaji Atram, Shelki Buwa (the priest who carried out the sacrifice) and Yadav Tekan were arrested on Sunday night by plice.
