Indian police arrest five men accused of human sacrifice

Arrests follow discovery four years ago of victim’s headless body at Hindu temple in Guwahati

Indian police have arrested five men accused of conducting a human sacrifice, nearly four years after the discovery of the victim’s headless body at a Hindu temple left officers baffled.

Shanti Shaw, 64, was killed and decapitated with a machete in 2019 after visiting the temple in Guwahati, a city in India’s remote north-east.