Father kidnapped and murdered boy as human sacrifice to save his son

A desperate father kidnapped and murdered a ten-year-old boy after a holy man told him that a human sacrifice to the gods may save his ailing son.
During police interrogation, Kodai Hirijan, 35, admitted to slitting the boys throat with a sickle to 'chase away the evil spirits' from his 18-year-old son who often fell ill Bijaya.

When Jivan Kohar, 10, was found in a bush on the outskirts of the village in southwest Nepal, police said his head was almost severed from his body.
Mr Hirijan was told by a local shaman, who many believe to have spiritual powers in the rural village, that his son's body was occupied by a spirit that was making him ill.
He told the Himalayan Times: 'When inquired, the spirit that had taken over Bijaya said it needed ‘human meat’ to leave. So we made a plan to sacrifice Jivan.'
After being told how to cure his son, Hirijan admitted they found Jivan Kohar, 10, playing with friends in the village and lured him away by promising him a pack of biscuits and 50 rupees (49 cents)
He was then taken to a temple on the outskirts of the village where shaman Ganga Harijan helped to preside over a special religious ritual.
The group then held him down while one slit his throat. Police found him dumped on the outskirts of the village three days after he went missing.
Murdered Jivan was believed to be the son if his neighbour.
Mt Hirijan had fled to India when he was eventually caught and his wife told police what her husband had done.
The Kathmandu Post reported police have also arrested nine others, including a number of his relatives and the shaman who advised him to make the human sacrifice.
It's believed that five have already confessed to what they have done, including Kodai Harijan.
Among those arrested are thought to be Hirijan's sick son, three of his brothers, a neighbour and the holy man, believed to be known as shaman Ganga Harijan.