Baksa (Assam), Jan 30: A 65-year-old Adivasi
woman was hacked to death, allegedly by her two brothers, on
the suspicion of practising witchcraft in lower Assam`s Baksa
district.
The decomposed body of Buddha Bala, with cut wounds
on her head and neck, was found at her house in labour line
quarter of Dumuni tea estate today, police sources said.
Inquiries revealed a group of 20-25 neighbours along
with her two brothers came to the woman`s house on Tuesday
night and forcibly took her away at knife point.
Her body was found near home this morning, the sources
said.
Bala`s two brothers Jogen Kerketa and Jonathan
Kerketa confessed before reporters after their arrest that
they had killed their sister on suspicion of her practising
witchcraft along with four others.
Bureau Report
