Reminiscent of the monkey man hallucination in Delhi and its neighbourhood, panic stricken villagers are spending sleepless nights following a string of incidents they believe were the work of a demon or an evil spirit. For the past three weeks, residents in Muzaffarnagar and the neighbouring villages of Khampur and Meerut have reported incidents of finding "drops of blood in their houses, clumps of human hair and scratch marks on the children's faces, made allegedly by a demon", police said.Senior Superintendent of Police Navneet Sikera said that some unidentified "mischief-makers" are involved in these activities to create terror among villagers.

"To restore confidence of the villagers we have deployed the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) in and around the villages," he said. Close circuit cameras have also been installed to detect them, the SSP said.

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