An elderly priest in eastern India claimed he performed a human sacrifice to ward off COIVD-19 virus. <br /><br />Sansari Ojha, the 70-year-old priest seen seated in red robes in the video, went to the police station at Narasinghpur and said he had killed a man inside the Brahmani Devi temple premise where he worked. <br /><br />When the police went and checked they found the decapitated body a 52-year-old man, who was identified as Saroj Kumar Pradhan, a local resident. <br /><br />A senior police officer, Alok Ranjan Ray, said: "Ojha claims a goddess came in his dream and asked him to perform a human sacrifice to end the COVID-19 pandemic." <br /><br />Police, however, say the accused and the deceased had a long-standing dispute with over a mango orchard, which may have contributed to the motive.<br /><br />Police are continuing to investigate the crime.
