 According to the "Hindustan Times", there was an incident of human sacrifice in western Uttar Pradesh in 2003.Similarly, police in Khurja reported "dozens of sacrifices" in the period of half a year in 2006, by followers of Kali, the goddess of death and time.In 2015 during the "Granite scam" investigations of Tamil Nadu there were reports of possible human sacrifices in the Madurai area to pacify goddess Shakthi for getting power to develop the illegal granite business.