Karimganj, June 26: Three persons were arrested after locals alleged that they ate flesh from their uncle’s body while it was being cremated, police said.
The deceased, Hariprasad Rakiasan(50) had allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday at Bantarapur and his three nephews buried him near his home to avoid a police case, they said.
When the neighbours complained of foul smell emanating from the place, the nephews identified as Dilbur Rikiasan (33), Sukumar Rikiasan (34) and Sanjib Rikiasan (21), exhumed the body and decided to cremate him yesterday.
But the most bizarre incident unfolded when the funeral pyre was lit and the three youths cut away flesh from their uncle’s body and began to eat it, they said.
The locals, on seeing the horrific sight, tonsured their heads put garlands of shoes around their necks and paraded them in the village before handing them over to the police.
–Agencies