The police said that black magic was performed to bring success and fame to the school. The incident has led to the arrest of a total of five persons including the director of the school.
Karnataka Dy CM DK Shivakumar referred to Lord Shiva's Sri Rajarajeswara Temple in Kannur as a Devi temple while recanting black magic allegations levelled by him.
On February 1, Hindustan Times published a report about the filing of an FIR against accused Muslim ‘godman’ Abubakar with a misleading headline blaming a 'Tantrik'.
“The couple used a make-shift guillotine to end their lives. It is believed that they pulled up the blades of the guillotine themselves and released it in such a manner that their heads fell into a havan kund,” said Vinchiya police sub-inspector Indrajitsinh Jadeja.