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Heights of superstition! Woman branded as 'witch', killed in Jamshedpur

A Woman Was Brutally Murdered On Suspicion Of Practising Black Magic At Bidyutnagar, Three Km From Here, In Seraikela-Kharswan District Of Jharkhand Today.

PTI | Updated on: 24 May 2015, 08:27:45 PM

Jamshedpur:

 A woman was brutally murdered on suspicion of practising black magic at Bidyutnagar, three km from here, in Seraikela-Kharswan district of Jharkhand today.

Police said the accused Raju Badke, neighbour of the victim Sarswati Gagrai, was later arrested from the area.

Badke had allegedly piecered a rod in the stomach of the hapless woman near her house this morning as Gagrai was declared dead at hospital.

Prima facie Raju killed her on suspicion of practicing witchcraft.

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First Published : 24 May 2015, 07:51:00 PM

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