Woman thrashed to death in Assam.
A 53-year-old girl was killed and her body buried in a forest in a suspected case of “witch-hunting” in Sonitpur district of Assam, officers mentioned on Sunday.
According to senior officers, the grotesque incident befell at Geruajuli village in the Rangapara police station space on Saturday evening.
The girl, a widow, lived alone together with her 4 youngsters.
Around 11:00 pm, some individuals barged into her home and killed her with bludgeons and sticks, police mentioned.
Then they took the body to a close-by forest, buried it and fled from the scene, officers mentioned.
When the villagers obtained to know in regards to the incident from her youngsters on Sunday morning, they knowledgeable the police and commenced a seek for her.
After hours of search, the police and villagers discovered the body a few kilometre away from the home, buried in the forest.
The body was despatched for submit mortem, whereas the police launched a manhunt for the culprits.
The villagers suspected it to be a case of superstitious perception of “witch-hunting” as she was tortured earlier as nicely by some individuals who branded her a “witch”.
However, Sonitpur Deputy Superintendant of Police (DSP) Rasmi Rekha Sarma mentioned there isn’t a clue discovered as of now to suspect the homicide as a case of “witch-hunting”, body buried in forest.
