Suspected witchcraft in Odisha leads to death of man! Villagers abducted a man from his house in the middle of the night and then killed him and burned him.
According to reports, his wife was seriously injured when she tried to save him. This shocking incident of suspected witchcraft in Odisha has come to light in a village under Mohana police station in Gajapati district.
In the middle of the night, a man was abducted from his house on suspicion of witchcraft, brutally beaten to death and then burned to ashes by the villagers. The wife, who tried to save her husband, also fell victim to a gang attack and is in critical condition. According to information, the deceased had left his native village about ten years ago and was living with his family and children in a hut on a hill near the village.
Reports said that, the deceased had no such dispute with the villagers. However within a short span of time, some people in the village died prematurely. This had instilled suspicion in the minds of the villagers. The villagers suspected that the deceased who lived alone on the hill, was the one who was using black magic and killing the villagers.
Late at night, some villagers went to the hut on the hill. They called the victim from his house saying that there was an important meeting in the village. But as per the previous plan, when he entered the village, the villagers surrounded him and attacked him with sticks and beat him up badly.
Hearing the screams of her husband, his wife reached there and stopped the villagers and begged for his life. But the villagers paid no heed to her requests and and beat her up mercilessly, leaving her bleeding.
Later the victim died in the attack, the killers tried to destroy the evidence. They took the body near a tree under the hill at the far end of village, piled wood and set it on fire.
After receiving news about this brutal incident, the Mohana police immediately reached the village and started an investigation. The police team has recovered ashes and other evidence from the spot where the body was burnt.
Some people from the village are being questioned at the police station on suspicion of being involved in the incident. In addition, the injured wife has been sent for treatment. The police is continuing further investigation keeping in mind the importance of the case.
