Andhra Pradesh - Anantapur   

Boy sacrificed?

Staff Reporter

ANANTAPUR: A six-year-old boy Hussain Peera of Alluri Seetharamaraju Nagar in Thapovanam area here was allegedly sacrificed by unidentified persons for appeasement of evil powers late on Wednesday night. Body of the boy, who went missing on Wednesday morning, was found in the bushes near the locality on Thursday morning. The boy's throat was slit and his stomach was hacked. Khasim Peera has two wives and Hussain was the son of his second wife.

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