BHUBANESWAR:
Three persons were arrested on Friday for killing an old man Baya Mallick suspecting
him a sorcerer in Digapahandi area of Ganjam district.
The
accused were identified as Tapatia Mallick and her two brother-in-laws Shiva Mallick
and Chakra Mallick of Dhepakuda village under the Digapahandi police limits in
the district.
According
to reports, the trio had taken Baya to a nearby jungle on July 8 and hacked him
to death. After beheading the old man, the accused came with the head and threw
it in a bush in the jungle.
The
accused had targeted Baya after the death of three persons of their family in
40 days. The trio thought that Baya killed their family members by applying black
magic.
“We
have seized a Katuri from the trio and arrested them for killing the oldman,”
said Digapahandi IIC Suresh Tripathy.
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