Two men have been arrested in central India for killing a 7-year-old girl and cutting out her liver in a ritual sacrifice to ensure a better harvest

Lalita Tati disappeared in October 2011 and her dismembered remains were found a week later, Rajendra Narayan Das, a senior police officer in the Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh state, said. Police have arrested two men, both poor farmers, and they told police that they killed the girl to appease their gods and get a better harvest, Das said. Tati was walking home after watching television at a neighbor's house when she was kidnapped, Das said. The two men confessed to cutting her open and removing her liver as an offering. Das said that the police had gathered enough evidence, apart from the confessions, to charge the two with murder. They would face life in prison or even the death sentence if convicted. The men were described as tribals, a term referring to the region's indigenous people, most of whom remain mired in poverty and illiteracy. Human sacrifices get prominent attention in India. A deep belief in traditional healers, or witch doctors, is common in mostly tribal Chhattisgarh.