India, Feb. 7 -- A woman allegedly sacrificed a two-year-old child with the help of four others in Bihar's Kaimur district, believing it would help her daughter conceive, police said. The five accused were arrested on Thursday.

The decomposed body of the child, who went missing on January 22, was recovered from a pit in north of Kudra railway station on January 29, said Hari Mohan Shukla, superintendent of police (SP), Kaimur.

Allegedly influenced by an exorcist, who is currently on the run, the woman strangled the child and chopped off his legs. "The grader machine used to cut the legs has been recovered. The exorcist has been identified, and raids are underway to trace him," Shukla added.

Police said the two-year-old boy, from Uttar ...