The main accused in the murder and mutilation of two women in Kerala in a case of "human sacrifice" was a man who scoped out women on social media and lured them to the house of the killer couple. Muhammad Shafi, a school dropout, was the "agent" who supplied the two women to the massage therapist couple, Bhagaval Singh and his wife Laila. Shafi was out on bail in a 2020 case involving a sexual assault on a 75-year-old woman. Roselin disappeared in June, said the police, and Padma in September. They sold lottery tickets in Ernakulam.
