A team of rationalists from the Jana Vignana Vedika who conducted a preliminary inspection at the site said they suspect a human sacrifice in Chinthapalli village of Viratnagar mandal in Nalgonda district. “We found that the flowers at the Mahankali temple were fresh giving a hint that they were placed there when the severed head was also kept there,” N V Ramana Reddy, state secretary, Jana Vignana Vedika Telangana said.