'Vampire' killer arrested
2004-06-22 20:21
New Delhi - A man suspected of killing three people and then drinking their blood to ward off their spirits was arrested in north India on Tuesday, police said.
Hiralal Totia was arrested in Shankarpur village in Uttar Pradesh state, police told the Press Trust of India.
Police said Totia killed a police officer and then sucked his blood. He did the same with two other victims - a taxi driver and a woman.
Totia told police under interrogation that he drank the blood of his victims as he believed this would keep away their "spirits".
- AFP