Tantrik kills lesbian in Uttar Pradesh after promise to change her gender, arrested

Tantrik' kills lesbian in Uttar Pradesh after promising to change her Gender, arrested Poonam Kumari, a resident of Shahjahanpur, was allegedly lured by a tantrik, identified as Ram Niwas, with the promise of Gender change, police added.

Kumari and her 25-year-old partner Preeti Sagar, who lived in Lakhimpur Kheri, met while pursuing bachelor's degrees and were in a relationship for several months, Shahjahanpur City Additional Superintendent of Police Sudhir Jaiswal said. . "The reluctance of a Lakhimpur Kheri woman to marry a man despite repeated efforts by her family exposed her relationship status and drew opposition from both families who feared social stigma," he added.

The police arrested Sagar on several charges, including murder and criminal conspiracy.

Mohammadi Commandant of Lakhimpur Kheri Police Station, Amber Singh, said the occultist was in touch with Sagar's mother and told her that changing Kumari's gender could help her marry Sagar.

He said Kumari was summoned for the alleged ritual and left her house - roughly 50 km from Lakhimpur Kheri - on April 18. Her brother Parvinder Kumar reported her missing on April 26.

“The police came to know about Preeti Sagar when they scanned the call details of the victim and found that the two had been talking on the phone for a long time,” Jaiswal said. In the FIR, Kumar accused Sagar, her mother Urmila and Niwas of murdering his sister.

The occultist was taken into police custody. “He confessed to strangling Kumari after calling her to a deserted place on the pretext of performing a ritual to change her sex. Niwas fled after disposing of the body on the banks of the Gomti in a forested area, the ASP said. Police found 11 bones near Sagar's house and sent them for forensic examination.

A police officer said the FIR was lodged under IPC sections 302 , 120-B and 201.