Black-magic continues to haunt Karnataka polls; Rs 32 lakh owl sacrifice averted

Pegged at the cost of Rs. 32 lakh, an innocent owl was on the verge of being a sacrificial object on-behest of a political aspirant, if not for the timely intervention by the Kollegal Regional Forest officer (RFO). In the last two-months, around Chamarajanagara district, the forest officials have booked seven cases of poaching and arrested at-least four-people in this connection. In their statement, the arrested admitted to the officials that they were procuring the animals on behest of unknown middlemen for ‘Vamachara’ or Black magic practitioners to ensure candidates victory.

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