Khammam, September 19: Some treasure hunters attempted to sacrifice a 9-year-old tribal girl at Prammalakunta village in Penuballi mandal to appease the gods. Malothu Nagakalyani and her father Rekhya were taken to Bommanapalli forest by Banothu Ramu, Bhaskar and a few others of Vachya Thanda in Kallur mandal yesterday. After entering the forest, the treasure hunters asked the girl to wear a sari and mangalasutram.
Later, they took the girl deep into the forest chanting mantras for a hidden treasure. The girl fell unconscious after walking a long distance in the forest.
Meanwhile, the girl’s mother Sakkubai started searching for her daughter. A villager informed her that the girl along with her father was taken to Bommanapalli forest.
The treasure hunters who got information about the search launched by Sakkubai along with other villagers, fled abandoning the girl and her father in the forest.
The girl narrated her harrowing experience in the forest to her mother who lodged a complaint with VM Banjar police station. A case was registered against the treasure hunters and the girl’s father for giving consent to take his daughter into the forest.
–Agencies