Thread: Four suspects arrested for the death of a young woman during a ritual to chase “evil

Police have arrested four persons for alleged involvement with the death of an 18-year-old woman after she drank “sacred water” in a ritual to drive away evil spirits organised by the four.


Deputy national police chief Pol Gen Srivara Ransibrahmanakul said on Friday (April 6) that the fifth suspect – a monk – is still at large and the police are still hunting for him.


He added that the five suspects belong to a cheating gang which preyed on the gullible by convincing them to their concocted “sacred” water to do away with their bad luck or spirit.


The arrest of the four suspects followed a recent compliant to Pol Gen Srivara by Mrs Duangjit Kanakhwao, the mother of the dead victim, who claimed that she suspected that her daughter’s death stemmed from the “sacred” water she drank.


Mrs Duangjit, a Chaiyaphum resident, told the police that she and her daughter met the five persons at a temple. They told her daughter that someone used black magic against her, so, she had to undergo a ritual to drive away evil spirits.


Mrs Duangjit said she agreed to pay 440 baht for the ritual where her daughter was told to drink two alms-bowls of sacred water.


After drinking the first alms-bowl of “sacred” water, her daughter started vomiting, developed seizures and bit her own tongue. Her daughter was then rushed to the provincial hospital and remained there for four days before she succumbed to her death on March 27.


During their interrogathttp://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/four-suspects-arrested-death-young-woman-ritual-chase-evil-spirit/ion by the police, the suspects claimed that they didn’t force the victim to drink the “sacred” water.


However, police charged them with fraud and negligence causing the death of the other people.


Four suspects arrested for the death of a young woman during a ritual to chase "evil spirit" - Thai PBS English News

Monk in blessed water episode identified

CHAIYAPHUM, 7th April 2018 (NNT) - The mother of a female adolescent who died from drinking blessed water has identified four individuals accused of involvement in the case and the police are trying to arrest Reverend Ophaat, the leading figure.

Ms. Supak Cherdchoho, an 18-year-old female resident of Kaoyadee Subdistrict, Kaeng Khro District, Chaiyaphum Province, was recently deceived by Reverend Ophaat Seesa-nga and his collaborators, including another monk, into taking part in a so-called ritual to dispell bad luck in which she was forced to drink a quantity of blessed water.

Consequently, Ms. Supak convulsed. She was hospitalized and died 3-4 days afterwards. The doctor stated that her death was due to convulsions arising from a lack of air.

Yesterday Ms. Duangchit Khanakhao, the mother of the deceased, arrived to identify the four accused, who were arrested. Reverend Ophaat, however, could not be located. According to the testimony of the accused, the blessed water was indeed given to the deceased but was not forced on her. She vomited every time she drank it while the monk told her to keep drinking, from one alms bowl to two.

The ritual was performed for her because when her father went to Reverend Ophaat’s abbey to ask for some blessed water, the reverend said that his daughter had bad luck because some magical power had been used over her. Believing the monk, the deceased’s family consented to the ritual.

Royal Thai Police deputy commissioner Pol Gen Srivara Rangsibrahmanakul, says that at present Reverend Ophat, the commander of the ritual, is still being pursued for arrest. From the investigation, the individuals in this crime used to be in an abbey in Loei Province where they invited believers to drink blessed water in this ritual, but they later moved to Chaiyaphum.

However, these individuals were not found to have any criminal record, and were not found to have caused anyone's demise. Currently, forensic evidence, namely, the water cup, vomit and vomit container, is being tested. If a toxin is found, filing a charge of murder will be considered.


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