Not even a month to go for marriage… UP shocked by step mother’s cruelty, heart-wrenching incident… Every eye moist for innocent Aditi

Gorakhpur: A horrifying news has come out from Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, which has shocked human sensibilities. In Imalia alias Vijhara village of Pipraich police station area, on Monday midnight, a stepmother murdered her own 3-year-old innocent daughter by slitting her throat with an ax in the temple of her house. Seeing the gruesomeness of the incident, even the police who reached the spot were shaken. There is talk among the villagers that the woman has ‘sacrificed’ an innocent child due to superstition.

It was only a month since the marriage, there was mourning in the house

According to the information, after the death of village resident Triveni Maurya’s first wife, his 3-year-old daughter Aditi was left alone at home. To raise the child and take care of the house, Triveni had married a girl from Sahjanwan for the second time on January 25, 2026. The color of the wedding mehendi had not even faded and new happiness was about to come to the house when the new mother committed this heinous incident.

Creepy conspiracy at midnight: Innocent child was ‘targeted’ by applying oil and vermilion

According to villagers and eyewitnesses, around 12 o’clock on Monday night when the entire village was in deep sleep, the accused woman picked up her stepdaughter Aditi from the bed. He applied oil and vermillion on the girl’s body, as if she was being prepared for a special ritual. After this, she took the innocent child to the Devasthan (place of worship) inside the house and beheaded him with an ax kept there.

When the father saw the scene inside, his heart burst.

At the time of the incident, the girl’s father Triveni Maurya was sleeping outside the house. Late at night, they became suspicious when they heard some strange sounds and movement from inside the house. He called his wife, but when he got no satisfactory answer he ran inside. As soon as he opened the door of the room, the ground slipped beneath his feet; The blood-soaked body of his beloved Aditi was lying in front. When Triveni screamed, the accused woman tried to run away, but hearing the screams, the villagers gathered and caught her red-handed.

Superstition or mental obsession? Police is investigating from every angle

As soon as the information was received, Pipraich police and senior officials reached the spot. The police have taken the accused woman into custody and have recovered the ax used in the murder. Although the villagers are directly calling it an incident of ‘sacrifice’, the police say that they are thoroughly investigating all possible aspects like the mental condition of the woman, family disputes and Tantra Mantra. The real reason will be revealed only after post mortem report and inquiry.

Panic in the village, every eye moist for innocent Aditi

After this incident, there is an atmosphere of mourning and huge tension in Vijhara village. The innocent child whom the father had considered safe in the lap of the new mother, the same mother became his death. The brutal murder of innocent Aditi has shocked the entire Gorakhpur. Police have deployed precautionary force in the village and have said that strict action will be taken on the basis of evidence.