Lucknow:
In a case of suspected human sacrifice, a minor boy was strangulated to death and his body dumped in a drain in Meerut district, police said on Monday.
14-year-old Gaurav went missing from Sherghari village on Sunday and his father Chandan told police that his son was last spotted with a person named Rajan, Special DGP Brij Lal told reporters.
"Acting on Chandan's statement, police arrested Rajan and he revealed during questioning that he took Gaurav to his uncle Shashikant Garh, an exorcist," Lal said.
Rajan also said that his uncle sacrificed the boy and later the body was disposed of in Kamela drain in the district, the police official said.
Gaurav's body bearing multiple injury marks was recovered from the drain on Monday.