Meerut (UP), Oct 12 (PTI) Two persons have been arrested for allegedly performing an occult ritual using a human skull taken from a cremation pyre in Azrada village in the Meerut district, officials said on Sunday. A third accused managed to escape, they added. According to police, villagers caught two men on Friday night while they were allegedly performing a tantric ritual at a cremation ground, where the pyre had recently burned. One of their accomplices fled the spot.

Upon being informed, police reached the scene and arrested the duo, identified as Baljeet and Imran. Police also seized several items used in the alleged ritual. Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Abhijeet Kumar said that during preliminary interrogation, both men admitted to performing the occult ritual.

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