People flock to Elanthoor, auto service to visit house of human sacrifice

ELANTHUR: People from all corners are thronging to Elanthoor, the place where human sacrifices, arrests and collection of evidence, were witnessed. Sunday being a public holiday saw hundreds of visitors from outside Pathanamthitta.

A youth with an auto service to visit the house where the sacrifice was witnessed. 'Rs 50 to visit the human sacrifice house’. This is the notice seen in the auto at Elanthoor Junction. It was written in a paper and placed in front of the auto. Driver Girish said people from different districts arrive every day to see Bhagawal Singh's house where the human sacrifice took place in Elanthoor and the board was to carry them to the place. He said that he got Rs 1200 for yesterday’s service. People coming to Elanthoor in bus reach the place in this auto.

People walk and see Bhagawal Singh's house where the human sacrifice took place, the massage centre, kavu, the place where the bodies were buried, the premises, etc., The youth turned the house and its surroundings, the place where the crimes were committed, as selfie point. People, including women, spent hours taking photos and showing their relatives at home and abroad through video calls.

There were also families who came with their children telling them of visiting a waterfall without informing them of the terror that shook the country. When a man showed the pit to his wife where the body parts of the victims were buried, his eight-year-old daughter asked him where is the waterfall. This family was from Changanassery. 75-year-old Gopalan from Kulakkada in Kottarakkara got off the bus at Elanthoor Junction and walked three kilometers to the incident spot.

Bhagwal Singh's neighbour Jose Thomas is fed up of giving interviews to online channels. The CCTV visuals of his house helped in finding the accused. Even though the rush of people has damaged the decorative figures and pots placed in the house, he is answering everyone's questions without hesitation.