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85-year-old woman stripped, tortured for being a ‘witch’

On: October 13, 2015

Jaipur: An 85-year-old woman has complained of being tortured with searing tongs and stripped after being branded as a witch in Rajasthan’s Bihara village, over 260 km from here, police said. The incident occurred on Sunday in Bhilwara district. “The woman, Chau Bai, met additional superintendent of police of theContinue Reading

Woman labelled witch, beheaded in Assam

By: Matters India

On: July 21, 2015

In: National

Guwahati — A 63-year-old woman was stripped naked and beheaded by a mob of nearly 200 people in Bhimajuli village of Assam’s Sonitpur district today. The woman, who had been branded a witch, was dragged out of her home and taken to a nearby stream, where she was stripped andContinue Reading