India, Nov. 23 -- Police on Saturday said that there was a strong possibility of a "black magic ritual", in relation to the recovery of body parts-severed head and left leg-of a minor girl from a green belt along the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway near Udepuri village in Manesar on Wednesday evening.

Police officers privy to the investigation said that forensic experts also recovered chopped braids from near the spot where the body parts were recovered.

A senior police officer, not wishing to be named, said,"The recovery of chopped braids and chopped hair of the severed head strongly indicates that the girl, estimated to be six to 10 years old, was probably murdered as a sacrifice during some black magic ritual."

The officer cited ab...