India: ‘Witch’ beaten to death to wake up woman

A middle-aged woman was beaten to death by her neighbouring family who believed she  had cast a spell on one of their members. The deceased, who was sleeping in her house at the time of the incident, was dragged by the suspect out and beaten to death.

According to the police, her neighbour’s sister-in-law suddenly fell unconscious and when he tried waking her up, she began uttering the name of the deceased woman. The suspect believed the deceased woman was the cause for his sister-in-law’s ill health and rushed into her house and dragged out the sleeping woman yelling at her to cure the unconscious relative.

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