witchcraft

In Jharkhand’s Dumka, four members of a family, including three women, were allegedly forced to consume human excreta, in a suspicion that the family was practising witchcraft. The incident occurred in Aswari village, and according to the police, the family was also tortured with a hit iron rod. The police further stated that the women were brutally thrashed and have been shifted to Saraiyahat Community Health Centre for treatment. 

In Odisha’s Bolangir district, a man was unlawfully beaten up and forced to drink urine for being supposedly accused of practicing sorcery. The sorcerer identified as Hadibandhu Bagarti, faced charges after few people in the village fell ill. Reportedly, the villagers dragged him from his house and thrashed him with sticks. He was rushed to the hospital after the family informed the police. Few villagers have been detained, informed the… read-more