Burning the woman alive after calling her a witch! 14 accused arrested, FIR registered against 68 people in the case

Bihar News: A heartbreaking news came out from Gaya in Bihar on Saturday. In Pachma village of Magra police station area of ​​the district, a woman was burnt alive after calling her a witch. So far, 14 people have been arrested by the police in the case. At the same time, a case is registered against 68 people. Police is conducting raids from place to place to arrest the other accused. Police claim that soon the accused will be behind bars.

14 people arrested, search continues for others

Harpreet Kaur, SSP, Gaya said, “On the 5th of a woman in Pachma village her house was burnt after calling her a witch and she was also murdered. We have recorded the statements of the relatives and eyewitnesses of the deceased. So far, the names of 68 people have come in the FIR, out of which 14 people have been arrested.

5 तारीख को पचमा गांव में एक महिला को डायन बोलकर उसके घर को जलाया गया और उसकी भी हत्या कर दी गई। हमने मृतका के परिजन और प्रत्यक्षदर्शीयों के बयान दर्ज़ किए हैं। अभी तक FIR में 68 लोगों का नाम आया है जिसमें से 14 लोग गिरफ़्तार हो गए हैं: हरप्रीत कौर, SSP, गया, बिहार (09.11) pic.twitter.com/77tYDbtjRk

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Promise to provide financial help to the victim's family

The SSP said, "Others are absconding, efforts are on to arrest them. I have also given instructions for the safety of the relatives of the deceased. Whatever financial assistance can be received under the provisions of the government for the loss caused to the relatives of the deceased, it will be done.

Because of this the woman was burnt alive

Let us tell you, in the interrogation, the villagers have told that a few months ago, 35-year-old Parmeshwar Bharti had died. After this, in superstition, Saroj Devi, widow of Parmeshwar Bharti and other villagers alleged that 'Henmati Devi' had killed her husband by witchcraft. There was so much ruckus about this family that people burnt his house and killed him.