Overview
- The deceased were identified as Mohammad Ashraf Memon, Suresh Sahu and Nitish Kumar, found at Memon’s farmhouse in Kudri village under Urga police station limits.
- Korba’s police chief said a ritual began around 5 pm, then participants were told five hours later to strangle themselves to multiply money, after which the three were taken to a hospital and declared dead.
- Reports differ on detentions, with four to five people held for questioning, including a tantrik believed to have come from Bilaspur.
- Investigators recovered cash and ritual paraphernalia at the site, and a forensic team was deployed to collect evidence and reconstruct the sequence of events.
- Post-mortems are pending to confirm the cause of death, as family members allege injuries and scratch marks suggesting possible assault.