West Singhbhum: Manu Pyari Devi 50 years of Kurulia village was brutally killed by her native villagers on Sunday in Chakradharpur block of Kendo Panchayat, merely on the suspicion of a witch. She was working in the field with her daughter when Ranjeet Pradhan and Vikas Pradhan of her native[Read More…]
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Rajasthan: Woman accused of being witch dies after ruthless assault
In a shocking incident, a 40-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly branded a witch, stripped, beaten-up and made to eat faeces in a village in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district. She was then dragged by her hair and forced to lie on a bed of embers. The embers were then shoved into her[Read More…]
Villagers lynch mentally-ill woman suspecting her a ‘witch’
A mentally-challenged woman was thrashed to death by a group of people, who suspected her to be a witch in Maghtai village in Agra. The incident happened when Maan Devi, went outside her house to relieve herself. She lost her path in the dark and reached an adjacent colony. A[Read More…]