Who’s fault is it ?

A Twelve year old boy was murdered brutally and bizarre way in the remote part of India. Post mortem report revealed, it was very unusual case than normal murder case. As the team of police started digging the information and reason behind the murder, what came out, may surprise you.

Step-mother : When she was told by her neighbour that her husband was going to marry for the third time because she could not have any children, it got her worry, as she did not wanted to loose her husband, for whatever the reason. It was her second marriage just like her husband, Manohar’s. This couple have raised their only son together, which was from his first marriage. Manohar’s first wife had died immediate after giving birth to her child. Rekha had raised the child without making him feel like he was stepson. Their efforts to have their own child, had ended in so many miscarriage. They could not have any child in more than 10 years of marriage. Six miscarriage during the period only eluded Rekha, wanting for more of her own child from her second husband also. She did not have her child from her first marriage also. At last, police caught the mother of the boy for the murder, when this information was relayed to his father he was shocked.

Father of the boy : He wanted more children from his current wife and when she could not conceive a baby even after several attempt, he thought of marring again for the third time. He had shared this idea with his friend, who talked about it to his wife.

The neighbour lady : Who informed Rekha, about the idea of third marriage by her husband, just to have more children, which she could not gave him. This news shook Rekha inside out, and she wanted do some thing about it. If she had not informed this news to Rekha, she would have gone to see the tantrik; which later ended in boys brutal murder.

Tantrik Shastri : Rekha and her cousin brother went to see, one well known Tantrik, also known as Shastri in the area, to find some solutions to their problem. He sounded so arrogant [it was not confident and blind faith] about his knowledge and power of God, but to me it seemed, that it was his bread and butter winning work, and nothing is miracle about his skill and that extra power, for which he asked some undisclosed amount of money also. He told Rekha and her cousin to kill the boy, in very particular way. He convinced them that, ...the boy will not be dead, only his body will leave the earth but his soul will return back; the same boy will reincarnate in her womb within three months.

Rekha did not wanted to kill anybody, but more than that; she did not wanted to loose her husband. On top of that the tantrik, was cork sure of his act of murdering the child and assured her very confidently. The same boy will be born again, from her womb as her own child. She was very illiterate women of the remote part of India, who believed tantrik blindly and obeyed meekly and followed his order. Height of superstitions.

Cousin of Rekha : Ramesh, who could not see her sister sad and he offered not only consolation to her but his best help possible. They went to visit tantrik, Shastri together to get some result, an easy way out from the trouble. Who at the end killed, the boy as told and described by the tantrik.

The boy was wounded severely in all over his body, mostly above the leg in twelve places, each one, for his age and one behind the neck, which was even more horrible to watch. Chunk of a meat was pulled from it, like, as if an animal pulled it from there. That meat Tantrik said, was a part they have to offer God [?].

Ramesh and Rekha will definitely serve their terms in prison respectively but rest of the people involved in this case will be treated as normal and move on in their life. But do you really think they should get the jail term.

Who’s fault is it, to the murder of that boy ? Should superstition land any one in jail ?