ranchi the criminal investigation department cid of the police will conduct an inquiry into the alleged attempt to sacrifice an eightyearold boy in marangtoli village under the murhu police station area of khunti district earlier this monththe human sacrifice bid came to light recently only after a social worker identified as lakshmi baxla filed an complaint in connection with the incident before the cid on thursdaybaxla said according to villagers one soma kumhar found his son in an abnormal condition inside the house of his covillager rainu singh on june 1 suspecting that singh was about to sacrifice his son kumhar raised an alarm and persuaded the villagers to call a gram sabha to discuss the issue and punish the guilty baxla said adding that the accused reportedly admitted to his guilt in the gram sabha meetingthe gram sabha then reportedly imposed a fine of rs 8000 on singh and directed that no police case be lodged in connection with the incident baxla has also submitted an audio recording of her conversation with the gram pradhan peter munda in connection with the human sacrificing bid along with her complaint she also requested the cid to investigate the matter thoroughly and punished those involved in the bid to commit a heinous crimeacknowledging receipt of the complaint the director general of cid anuraag gupta said i will ask my officer to look into the matter the antecedent of the suspects in the case will also be investigatedspeaking on the issue khunti sp aman kumar said so far the inquiry held by a dsplevel officer has revealed that the accused rainu singh was performing a ritual locally known as pathhar chapi for ascertaining the cause of the disease afflicting his daughter when the gram sabha came to know about the incident it punished him for involving the child in the ritual without the permission of his parents