In a shocking act of superstition, a couple from Kanauj district in Uttar Pradesh allowed an exorcist to sacrifice their 15-year-old daughter and rape her corpse, to get out of a financial crisis, Hindustan Times reported.

The victim’s father, Mahaveer Prasad – who is a jeweller – was promised by a man named Krishna Sharma, that if he sacrificed his daughter, he would find five kgs of gold.

Failing to find the promised gold out, Mahaveer complained to police against Krishna for kidnapping his daughter.