[Ezekiel Bathfire]

A story of superstition and savagery! Tribal man beheads his grand daughter in Orissa

In a grotesque and shocking incident, a 55-year-old tribal named Rajesh Hembram sacrificed his nine-year-old granddaughter in a remote village of Orissa to appease "Mother Earth" for a bumper crop. He was been arrested by the police.

The grotesque incident took place at Adapathar village under Kulundi gram panchayat in Sambalpur district of Orissa. Rajesh carried out this brutal act before ‘Akshaya Tritiya’, which is considered an auspicious day for sowing seeds.

Such a barbaric incident has sent shockwaves throughout the district. The Orissa police has arrested Rajesh. While speaking to the media, Sanjay Kumar, Sambalpur SP termed the incident as ‘shocking’. He also said that the accused has lost his balance of mind. Further investigation is going on.

Rajesh has been living in the Adapathar village along with his wife, three sons and grand-daughter Veronica Kandulana, for years. Veronica’s father Jagdish Kandulana died of illness six years ago. While Veronica was staying with her grandparents, her mother Sylvina is living in Jharkhand at her in-laws place. Veronica was a student of Class IV in Kadlipal primary school.

On that fateful day, while Veronica was taking her lunch, Rajesh asked his wife to fetch some nuts from the market. After his wife had left, Rajesh locked the door from inside and gagged Veronica. Then he decapitated Veronica with an axe and collected her blood in a small utensil.

When Rajesh’s wife came back, she found the door locked from inside. She broke into the room and shouted in fear after seeing this barbaric act. People from the neighbourhood rushed in and caught Rajesh red handed. Rajesh later confessed to the police that he had planned to mix his grand daughter’s blood with seeds before sowing them on ‘Akshaya Tritiya’ to satisfy ‘Mother Earth’. Rajesh owns three acres of land.

According to the local sources, human sacrifice is a very old ritual of the tribals and Kandh tribals used to practise it. The tribals still believe that offering of blood would deepen the colour of turmeric.

Yet this following story from the very same remote area shows that there is something innate in Humans, we may say, “God-Given.” Even where dot-heads and heathens prevail, the Spirit of The Lord is there. We know, from His Word that we should not suffer witches to live. http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/31/stor...3156181400.htm

BHUBANESWAR: Four persons, including three women, were beheaded allegedly by a group of villagers who suspected that they were practising sorcery.

Their heads and torsos were severed in the presence of over 100 armed villagers on August 25, police said.

A so-called village panchayat sentenced the victims to death after holding them responsible for the death of a 17-year-old boy. The teenager died of snakebite on night of August 14, police said.
"We have traced all the headless bodies from different points of Sono and Burhabalang rivers. We are questioning a few persons to catch hold of the culprits," officer-in-charge of Nilagiri police station B. N. Rout said.

The victims have been identified has Somabari Sing, Pia Singh, Budini Sing and Soren Sing, all belonging to the Kohla tribe. Budini and Surin of Ayurbhanj district had come to visit their daughter’s in-laws.

According to reports from Balasore district, the son of Siba Sing, an influential resident and ward member of the village, died of snakebite. Siba said that the snake sneaked into his son’s bed under sorcerers’ spell.

After 10 days, Siba called a village meeting where it was decided to behead the four.

What God wants is consisentcy - not a haphazard application of His Law.

Landover is looking for Missionaries who wish to teach God's Word to these benighted savages. Pastor Zeke said, "An ability to keep your head would be an advantage."

[Pastor Isaac Peters]

Ragged Membrane was plainly in the wrong to behead his nine-year-old granddaughter to sacrifice her blood to "Mother Earth." He should have followed the example of Jephthah and sacrificed the child to the true God.

[Wash O'Hanley]

I thought we had missionaries in places like that to stop people from beheading their children in the name of the Earth Mother and such nonsense.

These people should be beheading their grandchildren in the name of Jesus Christ.

GET ME TIM TEBOW ON THE FIRST FLIGHT TO ORISSA!