Three Men Kill Friend Over Fear of Human Sacrifice in Ghaziabad, Two Arrested

In Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, three friends—Pawan Pal, Sagar Pandit, and Mohammad Naseem—killed their friend Naveen Kumar, an auto-rickshaw driver, after fearing he would sacrifice one of them for wealth, based on advice from an occultist. The men attacked Kumar with an LPG cylinder, then wrapped his body in blankets, placed it in his auto, and set it on fire. Police arrested two suspects, while the third remains at large, and an FIR was filed under Tronica City police station.