On July 19, 2025, six-year-old Lokesh went missing after being seen with his paternal uncle, Manoj, in a village in Alwar district, Rajasthan, India. Around 9:00 PM that evening, Lokesh's body was discovered buried in straw inside an abandoned, dilapidated house in the village, displaying strangulation marks, head injuries, and signs of blood extraction. Police investigation revealed that Manoj strangled Lokesh and used syringes to drain his blood as part of a ritual sacrifice instructed by a local tantric practitioner named Sunil. Manoj sought the ritual sacrifice to gain occult control over his estranged wife, Geeta, who had left him due to his severe alcoholism and failure to provide household necessities. Manoj was taken into police custody, where he confessed to the crime.
Country: India
State/Province: Rajasthan, India
City/Region: Alwar
Incident Type: Murder
Relationship Status: Separated
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Incident Date: July 19, 2025
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Crime Tak - India
Domestic Violence
Severe domestic conflict fueled by substance abuse and financial neglect led to the suspect's wife leaving him with their children. Desperate to subjugate his estranged partner and regain control, the suspect consulted a tantric practitioner who demanded a child's blood and organ sacrifice. Operating under extreme superstition and coercive control dynamics, the suspect targeted his own six-year-old nephew, escalating marital conflict into child homicide.
Police mobilized three to four villages comprising 200 to 300 individuals during the missing child search. Following the recovery of the victim's body from straw inside a ruined house at approximately 9:00 PM to 9:30 PM on July 19, key witness statements from the victim's sister focused investigation on Manoj. Manoj attempted to misdirect searchers before breaking down under formal police interrogation and confessing. Investigators noted needle injection marks on the body used for blood extraction and focused on apprehending the tantric practitioner Sunil.
When initially questioned by the family, Manoj falsely asserted that Lokesh had returned home shortly after buying snacks. Villagers and family initially searched beds, trunks, and neighborhood homes across multiple villages fearing someone had hidden or kidnapped the boy out of panic before discovering the body hidden under straw in a ruined building.
Manoj sent his niece Devashi and nephew Lokesh with ₹200 to buy snacks and beedis around 1:00 PM on July 19. He sent Devashi home while detaining Lokesh, taking him into a nearby dilapidated house. Manoj strangled Lokesh, inflicted head trauma, and attempted to extract blood using syringes. He concealed the body under straw, planning to return at midnight to remove the heart and take it to tantric Sunil. After Devashi reported seeing Lokesh with Manoj, police detained Manoj, who confessed under questioning.
The case illustrates extreme escalation stemming from chronic substance addiction, domestic conflict, and superstitious manipulation. The suspect exhibited a complete lack of protective boundaries toward vulnerable family members when driven by a desire for interpersonal domination, posing an acute risk to immediate family.
Immediate statement gathering from child witnesses present during last-seen encounters is vital in missing person cases. Occult manipulation and severe domestic alienation paired with substance addiction can act as major catalysts for lethal violence against innocent third parties.
Chronic alcohol and pill addiction, complete financial abandonment of the family, marital separation, and seeking out an occult practitioner to coerce a spouse into compliance.
Devashi's revelation to her parents that Manoj had specifically detained six-year-old Lokesh after they brought him snacks and beedis from the shop.
The victim's body recovered from straw showing strangulation marks, sharp head injuries, syringe puncture marks for blood extraction, snack wrappers and beedi purchases, and Manoj's detailed confession.
Devashi stated that she and Lokesh bought beedis and Kurkure for Manoj, after which Manoj kept Lokesh with him while she went home. Bintu, the victim's father, stated that the child went missing around 1:30 PM and described the massive village search involving 200 to 300 people searching trunks and beds until finding Lokesh's body in straw inside the ruined house with severe head injuries.
Initial missing child search efforts shifted to a homicide and ritual sacrifice investigation once the victim's body was recovered from straw at 9:00 PM and Manoj admitted to acting on instructions from tantric practitioner Sunil.
The formal arrest status and full criminal prosecution details regarding tantric practitioner Sunil, as well as the exact medical nature of the intoxicating capsules consumed by Manoj.