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Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Police have arrested a 50-year-old ex-convict for allegedly desecrating some graves in Khandwa district, The Indian Express reported.
Ayub Khan, a native of Mundwara village under Jawar police station area of the district, spent 13 years in jail for murdering his wife in 2010.
It all came out after two graves were found dug up at Bada Anwar cemetery in Khandwa district earlier this week.
‘After being released from jail, he began digging graves in the cemetery to perform occult rituals,’ Superintendent of Police (Khandwa) Manoj Kumar Rai reportedly said.
Ayub Khan carried out the desecration of graves, according to Manoj Kumar Rai, to increase his powers.
‘He would dig up graves and carry out rituals using nails and hair. The accused, Ayyub Khan, has so far dug up graves and tampered with corpses three times. Recently, on September 21, his act was caught on CCTV. He had dug up the graves of a woman and a man,’ the officer reportedly said.
On Monday morning, two graves—one belonging to a woman buried only a few days earlier, while the second remains unidentified—were found open, sparking outrage.
A large crowd, including the bereaved family, turned up at the site and the grave was restored in the presence of the deceased’s relatives.
Six graves including three belonging to women were found open four months ago in two cemeteries at the same place.
Footage from a CCTV at the graveyard showed two men roaming completely naked at the graveyard at night.
One of the men was seen climbing a pole to cover a CCTV camera with a shroud.
Khan believed that performing a tantric ritual with the hair of dead women would enhance his strength, police said.
‘During his time at the Indore Central Jail, a fellow inmate had told him about a tantric ritual that would help him increase his strength and power. The ritual required the hair of dead women. We suspect he was the one who had previously desecrated the graves of other women,’ a senior police officer said.