From correspondents in New Dehli,India

A man suspected of killing three people and then drinking their blood to   ward off their spirits,was arrested in North India today,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 victim, they added.

Totia told police under interrogation that he drank the blood of his victms as he believed this would keep away their spirits.