Tuesday, October 12, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Dalit couple killed for 'witchcraft'

 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Dalit-couple-killed-for-witchcraft-/articleshow/6732535.cms

Dalit couple killed for 'witchcraft'
TNN, Oct 12, 2010, 05.21am IST

DALTONGANJ: A dalit couple was killed at Jorapur village under Paton
police station in Palamu district on Sunday night. The dalits were of
the Bhuiyan community. The killers assaulted the two with a tangi
(axe- like weapon.

Palamu SP A T Mathew said the couple was killed as villagers suspected
them of practicing witchcraft by villagers. The barbaric killing of
the two was the result of this superstition during Navratra, the SP
added.

The deceased have been identified as Saheedi Bhuiyan and Samanti
Bhuiyan. Both were in their fifties.

Mathew said Paton police have registered a case of twin murder and
investigation in this connection is on.

Sources said three people who had their faces covered barged into the
hut of the dalit family on Sunday night and took the couple away .
Their bodies were found about 33 km away from here on Monday.

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