Sangli massacre: Bodies found in two houses of two siblings. (file)
Mumbai:
Maharashtra Police on Saturday added sections of black magic and anti-superstition law against two people. Mantrikaccused of killing nine members An official of the family of two brothers in Sangli district said on Saturday.
The bodies were found on June 20 at two houses of siblings Manik Vanmore and Popat Vanmore at Mahishal in Miraj, 380 km from Mumbai.
The police have invoked sections of the Maharashtra Prevention and Elimination of Human Sacrifice and Other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act 2013 against the accused. Mantrik He said that both Abbas Mohammad Ali Bagwan and his associate Dheeraj Surwase are residents of Solapur.
The officer said that since suicide notes were found at both the sites, the police initially suspected that it was a pact of mass suicide due to harassment by moneylenders, before a detailed investigation led to the arrest of Bagwan and Survase.
“Our investigation has revealed that Bagwan killed the family of nine with the help of Survase as he did not want to return the money taken from them on the pretext of unearthing the hidden treasure for them,” he said.
“Bagwan and Survase had gone to Manik Vanmare’s residence with nine bottles on the evening of June 19. They gave Vanmare’s wife 1,100 wheat seeds to count, by which time they mixed poison in each bottle. On June 20, at 1 am. They went to Popat’s house and poisoned them one by one, calling them to keep the contents of the bottle as part of a ritual.”
After killing Popat family members, the accused went to Manik’s house and poisoned the rest of the family members, after which Bagwan and Survase put suicide notes in the pockets of all the nine victims, the official said.
Inspector General of Police (Kolhapur Range) Manoj Kumar Lohia had earlier said that Bagwan had taken a hefty amount on the pretext of helping him locate the Vanmore brothers.secret rich“(Hidden treasure) And the family was often asking him to return the money as the promise about the treasure was not fulfilled.
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