Saburdevi Yadav was thrashed by locals Mahendra Yadav and Badri Yadav on the charge of practicing witchcraft. According to the Area Police Office Golbazar, the accused are already in the police net.
The accused thrashed Saburdevi leaving her seriously injured in the evening of Monday on the charge of witchery. She is already discharged after treatment at the local Shreeram Hospital, said her nephew Ashok Yadav.
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Rameshwar Yadav and his wife Kaushalya Devi were attacked by their neighbours and beaten to death Wednesday night in Koyriyadih village in Gaya district. Their daughter was also injured in the attack.
Three people, including the main accused Mohan Yadav, were arrested in connection with the case.Villagers told police that Mohan Yadav became suspicious that Rameshwar’s wife Kaushalya was practicing witchcraft and he blamed her for his son’s suffering for months.
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A middle-aged-woman was allegedly killed by her relatives who suspected that she practised witchcraft at Uparwara village in Naya Raipur on Wednesday.
Four of her relatives were arrested, police said. “Dulari Bai, 52 years old, was beaten and axed to death by her brother-in-law Mehattar Sahu, his wife Rajvantin Bai and his sons Madan and Manoj in front of her house this morning.”
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Prosecutors have filed a petition with the court to formally charge a 16-year-old boy in connection to the brutal death of Coriann Cervantes. There is still no word on what the charge may be because juvenile records are sealed.
According to investigators, the 16-year-old and Jose Reyes, 17, lured Cervantes, 15, to a vacant apartment in Clear Lake where the boys sexually assaulted and then murdered her as part of a satanic ritual.
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A gang of three persons have ruthlessly thrashed a woman accusing her of practicing witchcraft. Subardevi Yadav, the victim, was severely beaten up at her own house yesterday night.
According to police, the assailants have been identified as locals Mahendra Yadav, Jugana Yadav and Badri Yadav. They also attacked the other family members of Subardevi.
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The presenter of Culture radio’s popular radio program Shekpendeh Mr Obai Wurie is seriously sick as a result of what is alleged to be witchcraft activities.He has been hospitalized for the past three weeks suffering from unbearable pain with a swollen foot making him unable to walk.
Obai Wurie strongly believes that his enemies are responsible for his ailment particularly for his popular Shekpendeh program which exposes social and political issues inimical to the development of the state.
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A seventy-two year old man of Kabende Village in Chief Kasoma Bangweulu in Samfya has been killed and buried by a mob that suspected him of practising witchcraft. Muchinga Kabali was killed on Sunday February 24.
Luapula Province Police chief Malcolm Mulenga said Mr Kabali was suspected of changing into a crocodile which was terrorising and killing people in the area. When police officers rushed to the village, they found the mob had dispersed and the body of Mr Kabali was already buried by the same mob.
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A family beat a middle-aged woman to death after branding her as ‘tonhi’ and alleging that she was involved in witchcraft practices at village Tripuri of Balrampur district on Sunday night.
Balrampur police have arrested a woman, her son and two others of the same family on Monday. The accused, however, have shown no remorse in the killing after being arrested.
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Villagers and pupils in Mhondoro-Mubaira are living in fear following a spate of suspected ritual killings that have taken place over the past few months. The attacks on pupils took place in Murowa village under Chief Nyamweda in December 2013 and last week 16-year-old Moreblessing Murove was fatally axed and her body parts were mutilated in another suspected case of ritual murder.
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In an effort to crack down on tax evasion and pull the nation out of a recession, Romania has decided to tax its witches. Romanian witches are not pleased and said they will respond by doing what they do best: casting a spell on the president and government.
The government’s new tax law came into effect on Jan. 1 and will target witches as well as astrologers and fortune tellers. They will now be included in the labor code, treated like any self-employed person and expected to pay 16 percent income tax and contribute to state health and pension programs.
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